Definition of Expiation. Meaning of Expiation. Synonyms of Expiation

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Definition of Expiation

Expiation
Expiation Ex`pi*a"tion, n. [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation] 1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty. His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. --W. Irving. 2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement. Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls and goats. --Milton. 3. An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen. [Obs.] --Hayward.

Meaning of Expiation from wikipedia

- English attone or atoon (meaning "agreed" or "at one"). Expiation is related to the verb expiate, from Latin expio meaning "to atone" or "to purge by sacrifice"...
- Look up expiation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Expiation is another word for atonement, the removal of guilt or making of amends. Expiation may also...
- Yom Kippur (/ˌjɒm kɪˈpʊər, ˌjɔːm ˈkɪpər, ˌjoʊm-/ YOM kip-OOR, YAWM KIP-ər, YOHM-; Hebrew: יוֹם כִּפּוּר‎ Yōm Kippūr [ˈjom kiˈpuʁ], lit. 'Day of Atonement')...
- enough to set forth Christ as an expiation of our sins through his blood." Hilasterion is translated as "expiation" in the Revised Standard Version and...
- 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...
- In other biblical translations the water is referred to as water of expiation (Douay–Rheims Bible), water of separation (King James Version), water...
- (Sanskrit: प्रायश्चित्त) is the Sanskrit word which means "atonement, penance, expiation". In Hinduism, it is a dharma-related term and refers to voluntarily accepting...
- children's series Powers. In 2006 she pla**** the part of Louise Mallory in 'Expiation', the final episode of the first series of Lewis. She has also appeared...
- 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...
- the pre-Islamic pagans of Mecca fasted on the tenth day of Muharram to expiate sin and avoid drought.[self-published source] Philip Jenkins argues that...