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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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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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Every American should have a bad conscience about Afghanistan, but my obsession with getting them to a safe place doesn’t feel like atonement.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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Mayor Johnson launched a Chicago reparations task force in 2024.—
Aida Mogos,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Tehran’s demands included the release of frozen assets, guarantees around its nuclear program, the right to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, an end to Israeli attacks on Hezbollah and war reparations.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
14 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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Many women who weighed in have welcomed the message of absolution.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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If the first season was about grief, and the second about forgiveness, this latest chapter is about moving forward, and no character embodies that struggle more profoundly than Paul.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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And while the on-screen action is champagne for the senses, irrepressibly bubbly and bright, its themes are on the serious side, dabbling in desperation, reinvention, and forgiveness.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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In 2013, Queen Elizabeth granted Turing a posthumous royal pardon and Turing's image is now featured on the Bank of England's £ 50 note.—
Courtney Cole,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Cuban government announced the pardon of 2,000 prisoners earlier this month, but human-rights organizations said no political prisoners have been released so far.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Patients should work with their doctors to determine which activities are safest during periods of inflammation and remission.—
Mark Marino,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Through various studies that have measured the effect of a bone marrow transplant on a person’s HIV status, scientists have seen the infection go into remission even when the donor does not have two copies of the CCR5Δ32 mutation.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Expiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiation. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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