expiation
noun[U]
formaluk/ˌek.spiˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spiˈeɪ.ʃən/theactofshowingthat you aresorryforbadbehaviourby doing something oracceptingpunishment:
赎罪，抵偿the expiation of asin赎罪
He would neverfindexpiation for hisguilt.他永远无法赎清他的负罪感。
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expiate
- Historytellsus that the mostpredictableresponsetodisasteris a need for expiation andrevenge.
- Thepolicewill have thetaskoffilteringout those whoseeksomeconfusedexpiation oftheirimaginedsins.
- Thefilmis anupliftingparableoftransgression,sin, expiation, andforgiveness.
Making & accepting apologies
- afraid
- apologetically
- apologize
- atone forsomething
- atonement
- bury the hatchetidiom
- conciliatory
- crawl back (tosomeone)idiom
- excuse
- expiate
- forgivable
- forgiving
- pardonable
- peace
- plead
- remission
- repent
- sink
- takesomethingback
- turn the other cheekidiom