单词 | expiate |
释义 | expiate (ekspieɪt ) Word forms: expiates , expiating , expiated verb If you expiate guilty feelings or bad behaviour, you do something to indicate that you are sorry for what you have done. [formal] It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work. [VERB noun] Synonyms: make amends for, redeem, redress, atone for expiation (ekspieɪʃən ) uncountable noun ...an often painful process of evaluation and expiation. Synonyms: amends, redemption, redress, atonement |
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