expiated

verb

Definition of expiatednext
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
Verb
  • Prizes may not be substituted for or redeemed for cash.
    — CBS LA Staff, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The Florida Lottery website says winning tickets over $1 million must be redeemed at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of redeemed
Verb
  • Monitoring betting across different NCAA tiers is harder than in the NBA or NFL, athletes aren’t compensated nearly as much and there’s different types of social pressure that come with betting on college athletes.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • McClatchy is compensated as a part of our syndication partnership with TMX.
    — Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of compensated
Verb
  • Unlike a hardship withdrawal, emergency withdrawals don't require any proof and can be repaid into your account.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • MUDs are essentially governmental entities that developers can use to finance infrastructure through the issuance of bonds which are repaid by tax revenue and fees collected from homeowners.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of repaid
Verb
  • The restaurant corrected all violations, according to a March 16 follow-up inspection.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
  • These are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of corrected
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