EXPIATION Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

expiation

noun

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as in atonement

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Recent Examples of expiation Then, expiation in the 80th minute. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026 These, however, also fall into the expiation rather than the rule category. — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025 Voss’s journey follows the largely Christian trajectory of expiation and redemption from the sin of pride; the constellation of the Southern Cross hangs over him just before his death. — Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024 Constituting a kind of trilogy about expiation through violence—whether toward others or toward oneself—the films have a newfound starkness that reflects the severity of their subjects. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for expiation

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Noun

The person receives the opportunity for atonement; the consequence is assigned elsewhere.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
The holiday, starting Friday night, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days, leading up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.

— Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of atonement

Noun

The idea for Evanston's reparations program took root in 2019, when Robin Rue Simmons, then a councilmember representing the city's historic Black neighborhood, the 5th Ward, was researching why its Black population was shrinking.

— Adrian Florido, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Jamaica’s petition is an effort to expand the political campaign for reparations into the legal realm, Grange said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of reparation

Noun

The woman’s love and affection, as well as her genuine repentance, won his absolution of her sins.

— Eric Bashor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
According to this script, the ballot represents absolution and neither the French nor the British system was built to answer it.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of absolution

Noun

These impositions are gradual and incredibly well-meaning, although even their medicinal intentions come laced with the word of a foreign lord and savior, whose crucifixes and tales of forgiveness are at odds with the local rituals.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Those responses reminded me that asking for forgiveness isn’t only a religious ritual or an abstract idea.

— Marvin Krislov, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of forgiveness

Noun

At age 11, Jordan’s leukemia went into remission, but in 2019, she was diagnosed with liver failure caused by medications used during her childhood, Kennedy News & Media reported.

— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
Half of the participants on the keto diet also saw remission of their prediabetes.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

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