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Definition of Expiates

Expiate
Expiate Ex"pi*ate, a. [L. expiatus,p. p] Terminated. [Obs.] --Shak.
Expiate
Expiate Ex"pi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating.] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.] 1. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin. To expiate his treason, hath naught left. --Milton. The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. --Clarendon. 2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire. --Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version)

Meaning of Expiates from wikipedia

- Expiation is another word for atonement, the removal of guilt or making of amends. Expiation may also refer to: Expiation (film), a silent 1922 British...
- English attone or atoon (meaning "agreed" or "at one"). Expiation is likewise related to the verb expiate, from Latin expio meaning "to atone" or "to purge...
- he said: It expiates the sins of the preceding year and the coming year. Also about fasting on the Ashura (10 Muharram) he said: It expiates the sins of...
- Expiation is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Ivy Close, Fred Raynham and Lionelle Howard. It was based on an 1887...
- Standard Version. For many Christians it has the meaning of "that which expiates or propitiates" or "the gift which procures propitiation". 1 John 2:2 (KJV)...
- Parashurama remains filled with sorrow after the violence, repents and expiates his sin. After his Mother comes back to life, he tries to clean the blood-stained...
- this expiation, and debate over the site of the Cerean expiation, see Edward Champlin, Nero, Harvard University Press, 2003, pp. 191–4: this expiation is...
- In other biblical translations the water is referred to as water of expiation (Douay–Rheims Bible), water of separation (King James Version), water...
- verses would be "punishment," referring to the kind of punishment that expiates guilt and restores the sinner to communion with God.[citation needed] The...
- have their love set upon the right path. The fourth terrace of purgatory expiates the sins which can be considered to arise from love defective, that is...