as in to compensate
to make up for (an offense)
Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year
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Recent Examples of expiate
Larded throughout this scene is that unmistakable suggestion, yet again, that the play exists because its playwright needed — if not to right a cosmic wrong — to create a place to house or expiate his grief.
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Rhoda Feng,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.
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Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2023
But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.
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David Axelrod,
CNN,
1 Apr. 2023
In the former category are Ani (Katy Sullivan), who lost her legs in a car accident, and her ex-husband Eddie (David Zayas), a good-natured, unemployed truck driver who insists on caring for Ani, possibly to expiate his guilt over cheating on her when they were married.
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Don Aucoin,
BostonGlobe.com,
13 Oct. 2022
Only the brilliant Richard Fleischer–Norman Wexler Mandingo in 1975 would expiate that consciousness.
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Armond White,
National Review,
27 Apr. 2022
In 17th-century Austria, wooden pillars were erected for the self-mortifying convenience of the flagellants who roamed Europe, whipping themselves to expiate whatever sins had brought on the Black Death.
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Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
15 Mar. 2021
Ridding oneself of guilt is often easier than overcoming shame, in part because our society offers many ways to expiate guilt-inducing offenses, including apologizing, paying fines, and serving jail time.
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Annette Kämmerer,
Scientific American,
9 Aug. 2019
Anyone who’s familiar with the world of competitive cycling knows that, for some athletes, the sport is a means of escaping, or salving, or expiating, tremendous inner pain.
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Bill Gifford,
Outside Online,
24 July 2019
Rhoda Feng,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.
—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2023
But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.
—
David Axelrod,
CNN,
1 Apr. 2023
In the former category are Ani (Katy Sullivan), who lost her legs in a car accident, and her ex-husband Eddie (David Zayas), a good-natured, unemployed truck driver who insists on caring for Ani, possibly to expiate his guilt over cheating on her when they were married.
—
Don Aucoin,
BostonGlobe.com,
13 Oct. 2022
Only the brilliant Richard Fleischer–Norman Wexler Mandingo in 1975 would expiate that consciousness.
—
Armond White,
National Review,
27 Apr. 2022
In 17th-century Austria, wooden pillars were erected for the self-mortifying convenience of the flagellants who roamed Europe, whipping themselves to expiate whatever sins had brought on the Black Death.
—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
15 Mar. 2021
Ridding oneself of guilt is often easier than overcoming shame, in part because our society offers many ways to expiate guilt-inducing offenses, including apologizing, paying fines, and serving jail time.
—
Annette Kämmerer,
Scientific American,
9 Aug. 2019
Anyone who’s familiar with the world of competitive cycling knows that, for some athletes, the sport is a means of escaping, or salving, or expiating, tremendous inner pain.
—
Bill Gifford,
Outside Online,
24 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiate
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Powell’s release comes nearly one year into Georgia’s new system to compensate the wrongfully convicted.
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When fibroblasts were lost, the ones that remained appeared to compensate.
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Winners have to go to a Florida Lottery district office to redeem these winning tickets.
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No minimum to redeem for cash back.
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The development came as the district is working to close an unprecedented $170 million deficit and avoid state receivership, which would place the district under strict oversight while any emergency loan and interest are repaid.
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Who Is Actually Behind The Machine Names matter in a prospectus, and the names here repay a careful look.
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Week-long gembas, or plant visits, ahead of vehicle launches include about 12 people per project auditing station by station, correcting process sheets, ensuring proper calibration of tools and training of workers, and speaking with plant employees about an issue.
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