If you need to expiate something—that is, to atone for it—it’s sure to be something you recognize you shouldn’t have done. People expiate crimes, sins, transgressions, and the like in various ways, such as by apologizing or trying to undo damage they’ve caused.

Under ordinary circumstances, when crime is detected and proved, the person who has committed the crime has to expiate it for a term prescribed judicially.

EXPIATE definition: to atone for; make amends or reparation for. See examples of expiate used in a sentence.

Expiate means to make amends or atone for a wrong you or someone else has committed.

Definition of expiate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To make amends or reparation for; atone for: expiate one's sins by acts of penance.

Definition of expiate. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.

expiate: To make amends or reparation for; atone for.

Apr 3, 2025 · expiate (third-person singular simple present expiates, present participle expiating, simple past and past participle expiated) (ambitransitive) To atone or make reparation for. quotations

expiate in American English (ˈekspiˌeit) transitive verb Word forms: -ated, -ating to atone for; make amends or reparation for