expiate

ex·pi·ate

E0287200 (ĕk′spē-āt′)v. ex·pi·at·ed, ex·pi·at·ing, ex·pi·ates v.tr. To make amends or reparation for; atone for: expiate one's sins by acts of penance.v.intr. To make amends; atone.

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[Latin expiāre, expiāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + piāre, to atone (from pius, devout).]

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ex′pi·a′tor n.

expiate

(ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt) vb (Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to atone for or redress (sin or wrongdoing); make amends for[C16: from Latin expiāre, from pius dutiful; see pious] ˈexpiˌator n

ex•pi•ate

(ˈɛk spiˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate a crime. [1585–95; < Latin expiātus, past participle of expiāre=ex- ex-¹ + piāre to propitiate] ex′pi•a`tor, n.

expiate

Past participle: expiated
Gerund: expiating

Imperative
expiate
expiate

Present
I expiate
you expiate
he/she/it expiates
we expiate
you expiate
they expiate

Preterite
I expiated
you expiated
he/she/it expiated
we expiated
you expiated
they expiated

Present Continuous
I am expiating
you are expiating
he/she/it is expiating
we are expiating
you are expiating
they are expiating

Present Perfect
I have expiated
you have expiated
he/she/it has expiated
we have expiated
you have expiated
they have expiated

Past Continuous
I was expiating
you were expiating
he/she/it was expiating
we were expiating
you were expiating
they were expiating

Past Perfect
I had expiated
you had expiated
he/she/it had expiated
we had expiated
you had expiated
they had expiated

Future
I will expiate
you will expiate
he/she/it will expiate
we will expiate
you will expiate
they will expiate

Future Perfect
I will have expiated
you will have expiated
he/she/it will have expiated
we will have expiated
you will have expiated
they will have expiated

Future Continuous
I will be expiating
you will be expiating
he/she/it will be expiating
we will be expiating
you will be expiating
they will be expiating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been expiating
you have been expiating
he/she/it has been expiating
we have been expiating
you have been expiating
they have been expiating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been expiating
you will have been expiating
he/she/it will have been expiating
we will have been expiating
you will have been expiating
they will have been expiating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been expiating
you had been expiating
he/she/it had been expiating
we had been expiating
you had been expiating
they had been expiating

Conditional
I would expiate
you would expiate
he/she/it would expiate
we would expiate
you would expiate
they would expiate

Past Conditional
I would have expiated
you would have expiated
he/she/it would have expiated
we would have expiated
you would have expiated
they would have expiated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

expiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins"aby, abye, atoneredress, right, correct, compensate - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

expiate

verb (Formal) make amends for, redeem, redress, atone for, do penance for repentant sinners seeking to expiate their wrongdoing

Translations

expierespiare