expiated
past simple and past participle ofexpiate
expiate
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈek.spi.eɪt/us/ˈek.spi.eɪt/to show that you aresorryforbadbehaviourby doing something oracceptingpunishment:
to expiate acrime/sin
Making & accepting apologies
- afraid
- amends
- apologetically
- apologize
- atone forsomething
- atonement
- bury the hatchetidiom
- conciliatory
- crawl back (tosomeone)idiom
- excuse
- expiate
- forgive
- pardonable
- plead
- remission
- repent
- sink
- soz
- takesomethingback
- turn the other cheekidiom
Examplesofexpiated
expiated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At every moment for the rest of eternity there will be sin that has not beenexpiated, wrongs that have not been vindicated.
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The assertion that known sin should beexpiatedpublicly for the edification of those injured by the sin is certainly consonant with traditional calls for public penance.
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Thrift is treated as a crime, to beexpiatedby large and repeated fines.
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We speak of the discharged prisoner as having "expiatedhis crime"; as having "paid the price" of his misdeeds, and so on.
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He declared that all guilt had to beexpiatedon earth, and he meant in this world here on this earth.
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He believes that in his willingness to suffer the penalty of the crime which he has committed he hasexpiatedthat crime.
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They should not be released until they haveexpiatedtheir crimes.
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They haveexpiatedtheir crimes.
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All done as a token political gesture—like medieval witch burning—so that other members of the committee controlling our exports can feel that our guilt has beenexpiated.
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This poor woman committed a crime which she would haveexpiatedin the ordinary way by penal servitude if the law had not been allowed to fall into disrepute.
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If the payment is received within the time allowed, the offence will beexpiated, written off, and no inquiries will be made to discover who was liable.
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I think this man has more thanexpiatedhis crime.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unlike prodigies, bad omens were neverexpiatedby public rites but could be reinterpreted, redirected or otherwise averted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The minor prodigies were dulyexpiatedwith lesser victims.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These include the poet's coming to terms with a sense of artistic failure, and jealousies and hatreds that must be faced andexpiated.
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