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expiate

ex·piate

UK/ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/ US/ˈɛkspiˌeɪt/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

make amends for

  • “expiate one”
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Origin

From Latin expiātus, past participle of expiō (“atone for”).

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