Found 3 items, similar to expiate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: expiate menebus dosa
English → English (WordNet) Definition: expiate expiate v : make amends for; “expiate one's sins” [syn: aby, abye, atone]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Expiate Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating.] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.] 1. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin. [1913 Webster] To expiate his treason, hath naught left. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire. --Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version) [1913 Webster] Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, a. [L. expiatus,p. p] Terminated. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]