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View definitions for expiates

expiates

verb as in make amends for

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Nearly every man who expiates a crime upon the gallows is a believer in the Bible.

There she expiates her wrong-doing by a life of devotion and expresses the utmost affection for me.

Thus, and these are extreme afflictions, this hapless wight expiates, and her expiation is brought upon her by her grandeur.

By bearing the sin of the world Christ expiates it, and thus takes it away.

So he renounces his desires, and expiates the sin of being alive by retirement from the world.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to expiates, such as: remedy, rectify, amend, forgive, absolve, and atone.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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