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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
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However, his big mistake ended up leading to a massive atonement on Thursday night with the selection of Downs.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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As part of this act of atonement, four bulls and four heifers are slaughtered at the sanctuaries of the nymphs, and their bodies are left in a grove.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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Instead, reparations for the more than 65,000 victims will be paid by the Trust Fund for Victims, set up by the court’s member states to distribute the funds.—
Molly Quell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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While there is a respectable moral case to be made for some form of reparations, Tubbs appears to be excessively fixated on policy ideas that would bankrupt our state if actually implemented.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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Believers confess their sins to a priest, receive spiritual guidance and absolution and typically are required to make an act of contrition like saying specific prayers.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The priest goes with the mestizo, but the man refuses confession and dies without absolution.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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At the end of regret-flow plotlines, husbands tend to beg their wives for forgiveness by dropping to their knees.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul, per the logline.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
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McCrory also floated the possibility of Henry starting a new program at Blue Hills to help people obtain judicial pardons.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Herzog has been under intense pressure both to issue a pardon from Netanyahu’s supporters and to deny him one from his opponents and those worried about equality under the law.—
Galit Altstein,
Bloomberg,
26 Apr. 2026
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Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.—
Eric J. Nestler,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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Roundup user argues cancer warning needed Durnell's cancer is in remission, but his lawyers say multiple rounds of chemotherapy have left a lasting mark, including continuing issues with his legs.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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