No Encyclopedia Entry for Expiate Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (v. t.) To make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin. 2. (v. t.) To purify with sacred rites. 3. (a.) Terminated.
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