expiated

verb

past tense of expiate
as in redeemed
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 Synonyms for expiated
  1. redeemed
  2. compensated
  3. repaid
  4. corrected
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  • This bonus offer will be fulfilled as 20,000 ThankYou® Points, which can be redeemed for $200 cash back.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The codes must be activated and redeemed by July 31, 2026, per the release.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Definition of redeemed
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  • Ensuring that authors were compensated for their intellectual and creative efforts was intended to incentivize production of further works, which in turn would benefit wider society.
    — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026
  • These essential workers will be compensated for their time on the clock while other government employees enjoy the extra long holiday.
    — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
Definition of compensated
Verb
  • The youngster repaid that faith with a display full ⁠of confidence and intelligence.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Getty Images Key Facts Last year’s spending bill imposed a number of changes on how student loans are capped, regulated and repaid, including establishing new repayment plans and caps on loans.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of repaid
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  • And until that is corrected, the on-field results will continue to be less than the sum of the parts.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • An investigation found that the problem was caused by a temporary breakdown in the company’s production and packaging procedures that has since been corrected.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 7 July 2026
Definition of corrected
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