expiate
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ex·pi·ate
(ĕk′spē-āt′)v. ex·pi·at·ed, ex·pi·at·ing, ex·pi·ates
v.tr.
To make amends or reparation for; atone for: expiate one's sins by acts of penance.
v.intr.
To make amends; atone.
[Latin expiāre, expiāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + piāre, to atone (from pius, devout).]
ex′pi·a′tor n.
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expiate
(ˈɛkspɪˌeɪt)vb
(Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to atone for or redress (sin or wrongdoing); make amends for
[C16: from Latin expiāre, from pius dutiful; see pious]
ˈexpiˌator n
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ex•pi•ate
(ˈɛk spiˌeɪt)v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.
to atone for; make amends or reparation for: to expiate a crime.
[1585–95; < Latin expiātus, past participle of expiāre=ex- ex-1 + piāre to propitiate]
ex′pi•a`tor, n.
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expiate
Past participle: expiated
Gerund: expiating
| Imperative |
|---|
| expiate |
| expiate |
| Present |
|---|
| I expiate |
| you expiate |
| he/she/it expiates |
| we expiate |
| you expiate |
| they expiate |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I expiated |
| you expiated |
| he/she/it expiated |
| we expiated |
| you expiated |
| they expiated |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am expiating |
| you are expiating |
| he/she/it is expiating |
| we are expiating |
| you are expiating |
| they are expiating |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have expiated |
| you have expiated |
| he/she/it has expiated |
| we have expiated |
| you have expiated |
| they have expiated |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was expiating |
| you were expiating |
| he/she/it was expiating |
| we were expiating |
| you were expiating |
| they were expiating |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had expiated |
| you had expiated |
| he/she/it had expiated |
| we had expiated |
| you had expiated |
| they had expiated |
| Future |
|---|
| I will expiate |
| you will expiate |
| he/she/it will expiate |
| we will expiate |
| you will expiate |
| they will expiate |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have expiated |
| you will have expiated |
| he/she/it will have expiated |
| we will have expiated |
| you will have expiated |
| they will have expiated |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be expiating |
| you will be expiating |
| he/she/it will be expiating |
| we will be expiating |
| you will be expiating |
| they will be expiating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been expiating |
| you have been expiating |
| he/she/it has been expiating |
| we have been expiating |
| you have been expiating |
| they have been expiating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been expiating |
| you will have been expiating |
| he/she/it will have been expiating |
| we will have been expiating |
| you will have been expiating |
| they will have been expiating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been expiating |
| you had been expiating |
| he/she/it had been expiating |
| we had been expiating |
| you had been expiating |
| they had been expiating |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would expiate |
| you would expiate |
| he/she/it would expiate |
| we would expiate |
| you would expiate |
| they would expiate |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have expiated |
| you would have expiated |
| he/she/it would have expiated |
| we would have expiated |
| you would have expiated |
| they would have expiated |
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Verb 1. [画像:expiate - make amends for]expiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
redress, right, correct, compensate - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
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expiate
verb (Formal) make amends for, redeem, redress, atone for, do penance for repentant sinners seeking to expiate their wrongdoing
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