Definition of expiate Expiate

/ɛˈkspiejˌt/ - [ekspeeeyt] - ex•pi•ate

We found 10 definitions of expiate from 6 different sources.

What does expiate mean?

Verb expiates, expiating, expiated
expiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins"
		aby, abye, atone
		redress, right, compensate, correct regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"

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expiate (v. t.)
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.
expiate (v. t.)
To purify with sacred rites.
expiate (a.)
Terminated.

expiate
eks′pi-āt, v.t. to make complete atonement for: to make satisfaction or reparation for.—p.adj. (Shak.) expired.—adj. Ex′piable, capable of being expiated, atoned for, or done away.—ns. Expiā′tion, act of expiating or atoning for: the means by which atonement is made: atonement; Ex′piātor, one who expiates.—adj. Ex′piātory, having the power to make expiation or atonement. [L. expiāre, -ātum—ex, inten., piāre, to appease, atone for.]