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单词 expiation
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expiation

Best to confess your sins in circumstances like this, then hope for expiation.It is a title I must earn for myself, in expiation for the evil done by others.

Synonyms of 'expiation'

amends, redemption, redress, atonement
More Synonyms of expiation
(noun) 
(formal) 
a rite of expiation for their sins
Synonyms
amends
redemption
trying to make some redemption for his actions
redress
a legal battle to seek some redress from the government
atonement
True guilt is marked by a willingness to make atonement.
penance
carrying out acts of penance for his sins
The penance imposed on her proved light.
shrift (archaic)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of atonement
Definition
something done to make amends for wrongdoing
True guilt is marked by a willingness to make atonement.
Synonyms
amends,
payment,
compensation,
satisfaction,
redress,
reparation,
restitution,
penance,
recompense,
expiation (formal),
propitiation
in the sense of penance
Definition
voluntary self-punishment to make amends for a sin
carrying out acts of penance for his sinsThe penance imposed on her proved light.
Synonyms
atonement,
punishment,
penalty,
reparation,
expiation (formal),
sackcloth and ashes,
self-punishment,
self-mortification
in the sense of redemption
Definition
the act of redeeming
trying to make some redemption for his actions
Synonyms
compensation,
saving,
amends,
reparation,
atonement,
absolution,
expiation (formal)

Nearby words of
expiation

  • expertise
  • expertness
  • expiate
  • expiation
  • expiration
  • expire
  • expiry

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