expiation Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun compensation for a wrong
atonement; satisfaction.
- we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store
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noun the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
atonement; propitiation.
WordNet
Ex`pi*a"tion noun
Etymology
L.Definitions
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The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty. His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving.
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The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement. Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls and goats. Milton.
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An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen. Obs. Hayward.
