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What (who) is expiate - definition
Expiate
·vt To purify with sacred rites.
II. Expiate ·adj Terminated.
III. Expiate ·vt 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. a.
Atone for, do penance for, make satisfaction or reparation for.
expiate
['?ksp?e?t]
¦ verb atone for (guilt or wrongdoing).
Derivatives
expiable adjective
expiation noun
expiator noun
expiatory '?ksp??t(?)ri, ??ksp?'e?t(?)ri adjective
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as expiation): from L. expiat-, expiare 'appease by sacrifice' (based on pius 'pious').
Examples of use of expiate
1. A hasty killing of Saddam Hussain will not expiate that guilt.
2. Profumo himself spent the rest of his life trying to expiate his shame through good works.
3. And Clinton just as much could use Obama to expiate his falling–out with the African American community.
4. I remember saying to [my wife] Karen, "I was a pop star when you met me," as though that would expiate the problem.
5. Conceited, pugnacious and stubborn, he is ideally suited to take the fall to expiate the collective guilt of the U.S. ruling elite.