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Recent Examples of expiation
These, however, also fall into the expiation rather than the rule category.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiation
Noun
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The term usually applied to this atonement is reconciliation.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 Dec. 2025
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Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, is considered the holiest day of the Jewish year and is one of two High Holy Days, along with Rosh Hashanah, according to the University of Southern California and Henry Ford College.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
14 Dec. 2025
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The coalition began as a grassroots effort to mobilize public support for reparations and keep the issue visible.—
J.M. Banks
November 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025
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The family soon hired Fatheree, fresh from his win in the Bruce’s Beach land reparation case.—
Jori Finkel,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Peter has trapped his sibling in a vicious cycle of need, one meant to foster some form of absolution for his secrets.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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Needless to say, the current White House occupant, an actual member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (though Emmy-less himself), is offering no such absolution.—
Bruce Handy,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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After receiving the loan, IGNITE received forgiveness of the total loan amount and more than $7,000 in interest, authorities said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
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With debt forgiveness, the end goal is to come to an agreement with your creditors to pay less than the full balance in return for a lump sum payment on the account.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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But Hemphill rejected her pardon, the Idaho Statesman reported.—
David Staats,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2026
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Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing police officers, and 170 had been accused of using deadly weapons in the siege.—
Jeffrey Goldberg,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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This alone, even without complete remission, could be a huge game changer as diabetes is an expensive disease to treat.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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The goal of surgery in this stage is to completely remove the cancerous tumor and achieve remission.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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