expiation
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expiation
- /ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/
Where it comes from
From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō(n) (“satisfaction”).
noun expiations
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An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
One day he came not: I was told, and truly, that business the most imperative required his personal attendance; yet I could not force the ghastly terror of his illness from my mind. I dared not tempt my fate by content—the agony which I suffered seemed a sort of expiation.
Similar: atonement, propitiation, assyth, compensation, expiation, redress, indemnification, piation, refaction
- The act of expiating or stripping off. expiation of his immanities fore.
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noun an act of atonement
| Español | expiación |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | kafara |
| Português | expiação |
| Français | expiation |
| Deutsch | Sühne, Entsühnung |
| Русский | искупле́ние iskuplénije |
| العربية | كَفَّارَة kaffāra |
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@misc{expiation_2026,
title = {expiation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/expiation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
