expiate
verb
[ ˈɛkspɪeɪt ]
• make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing).
• "their sins must be expiated by sacrifice"
Similar:
atone for,
make amends for,
make up for,
do penance for,
pay for,
redress,
redeem,
offset,
square,
make good,
make redress for,
make reparation for,
make recompense for,
make restitution for,
purge,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘end (rage, sorrow, etc.) by suffering it to the full’): from Latin expiat- ‘appeased by sacrifice’, from the verb expiare, from ex- ‘out’ + piare (from pius ‘pious’).
