EXPIATION
\ɛkspɪˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛkspɪˈeɪʃən], \ɛ_k_s_p_ɪ__ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXPIATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
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An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
By Oddity Software
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The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
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An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of atoning for a crime; the act of making satisfaction or reparation for an offence, by which the guilt is done away, and the obligation of the offended person to punish the crime is cancelled; atonement; satisfaction; "His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation."-W. Irving: the means by which atonement, satisfaction, or reparation for crimes is made; atonement; formerly an act by which threatened prodigies were averted; "Upon the birth of such monsters the Grecians and Romans did use divers sorts of expiations." -Hayward.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald