expiation

Example Sentences

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But “Runaway Train” the book is not some weepy expiation for past sins, a Hollywood reclamation job designed to kick-start a once-buzzy career.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Rather, he felt he would find expiation in understanding and giving voice to an oppressed community.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2020

But as the legislative session winds to a close, some lawmakers, activists and victims say Albany’s expiation has been uneven, sparing some bad actors even as it has felled others.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018

It felt like an expiation, a penance for I don’t quite know what.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017

As a young man I was attracted to expiation.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse