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, each of these minions is in thrall to the project of keeping the lie alive, complicit in a pathological system of mortification, expiation, and fear that has taken on a life of its own.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023
Between excruciatingly suspenseful set pieces, the themes of sin, guilt and expiation get an oblique workout.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021
David Berman became a cult hero singer-songwriter largely because he never said much, making his public expiation all the more startling.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019
As a young man I was attracted to expiation.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
