expiation

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Recent Examples of expiation 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 Apollo was a villain in the first Rocky film, a more nuanced antagonist in the second, a best friend and guru in the third, and a pretext for revenge and the expiation of guilt in the fourth. Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for expiation
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Noun
  • Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days, leading up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.
    Victoria E. Freile, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a part of the atonement, paying the toll and coming clean.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But, first, one of the January 6th insurrectionists, emboldened by his pardon from the President, is now campaigning for reparations.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Drawing from international human rights frameworks, theological ethics rooted in her Presbyterian tradition, and four historical case studies involving harm against AAPI communities, Kao examines both the moral and political dimensions of reparations.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The service lasted more than five hours, but the moment that stilled the crowd came when his widow, Erika, spoke of her husband’s killer in the language of absolution.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • That translucent fable of absolution is now being challenged, in Riefenstahl’s own words, by way of an audaciously illuminating documentary from native German writer-director, Andres Veiel, who gained unprecedented access to the late subject’s estate.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Immediate forgiveness – a message of letting go of the anger that comes with being so terribly wronged – has a familiar sound to those who have been following a frighteningly violent news cycle.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Recently, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has also taken legal action against the Department of Education, alleging that the administration has unlawfully delayed or denied access to loan forgiveness programs, such as IDR and PSLF.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump has suggested that the pardons Biden signed using the technology should be considered null and void.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • His pardon came after years of pressure on Egypt’s government from his family, that included long hunger strikes by Abd El-Fattah and his mother, Laila Soueif, who is a professor of math at Cairo University.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The transplant took place after Nick had already received a stem cell donation from his older brother, but the acute myeloid leukemia resurged after two and a half years of remission.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In a trial, patients who had failed four or more lines of treatment—people for whom options had essentially run out—achieved overall response rates above 70%, with nearly half entering complete remission.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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