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- expiate
expiate
Definition:
to make amends or atone for
Synonym:
redress
expiate
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External definitions:
ex·pi·ate
(
k
sp
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t
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v.
ex·pi·at·ed , ex·pi·at·ing , ex·pi·ates
v.
tr.
To make amends or reparation for; atone:
expiate one's sins by acts of penance.
v.
intr.
To make amends; atone.
[Latin
expi
re
, expi
t-
:
ex-
,
intensive pref.
; see ex- +
pi
re
,
to atone
(from
pius
,
devout
)].
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ex
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n.
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SAT Prep Plan: SAT Vocabulary - expiate
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