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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-derived
exout of, former
+
piatone for, make amends
+
ateto make, having
=expiate

Common 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.

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