expiation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of expiating or stripping off.

Synonyms

atonement

propitiation

reparation

penance

offering

purification

satisfaction

libation

tribute

lustration

penitence

sacrifice

purgation

indemnification

recompense

redemption

reimbursement

remedy

removal

repayment

restitution

termination

trying on

version

try-on

rite to the spirits of Brahmin

atonemet

abolition

atone ment

adaptation

amends

antidote

arrangement

catharsis

damages

expurgation

extinction

indemnity

quarantine

quid

quittance

rebate

Translations

expiación

expiation

espiazione

εξιλέωση

expiació

Buße

absolvição

εξιλασμός

zoen

😗

Sühne

satisfaction

boetedoening

pénitence

επιτίμιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō (“satisfaction”).