expiateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈek.spi.eɪt/us/ˈek.spi.eɪt/formalto show that you are sorry for bad behaviour by doing something or accepting punishment:
to expiate a crime/sin
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making & accepting apologies
- absolution
- afraid
- atonement
- conciliate
- cut
- excuse
- excuse/pardon my French! idiom
- forge
- if you'll pardon the expression idiom
- make it up to sb idiom
- mend
- mend your fences idiom
- overlook
- pardon (me) idiom
- recompense
- reconcile
- reconciliation
- repentant
- take sb back
- unrepentant
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expiation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌek.spiˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spiˈeɪ.ʃən/
the expiation of a sin