expiate
🇬🇧 UK/'ekspieit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To make amends or atone for a sin, wrongdoing, or guilt
赎罪,补偿,弥补过失
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.expiate sins赎罪
- 2.expiate crime弥补罪行
- 3.expiate guilt消除内疚
Example Sentences
- 1.
He sought to expiate his sins through years of charitable service.
- 2.
The community service was intended to expiate the young offender's crime.