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expiation
/ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/
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What does expiation mean?
noun
- An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off.
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/ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/
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What becomes, then, of the doctrine of expiation and abstinence, the morality of sacrifice, resignation, and happy moderation?
The main thing was that the formal expiation had been carried out, and the wrath of the spirits averted.
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“Served him right,” said Drouet afterward, even in view of her keen expiation of her error.
Whether there had not been an excess of weights in one balance of the scale, in the one which contains expiation.
“But if you will be guided by me, spare yourself the reading of those pages to come, which describe our brother’s terrible expiation of his heartless marriage.”