expiate
[verb]
Synonyms: atone

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Related Idioms: make up for, put right
Related Words: amend, compensate (for), correct, rectify, redress, remedy

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ex‧pi‧ate /ˈekspieɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of expiare, from pius; ⇒ pious]
formal to show you are sorry for something you have done wrong by accepting your punishment willingly, or trying to do something to improve what you did:
She expiated her crime by becoming a nun.
—expiation /ˌekspiˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

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