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What (who) is expiation - definition
APPEASING OR MAKING WELL-DISPOSED A DEITY
Propititation; Expiation; Propitiations; Propitiate
expiation
see expiate
expiation
n.
1.
Atonement, satisfaction, reparation.
2.
Expiatory offering, penitential act.
Expiation
·noun An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
II. Expiation ·noun The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
III. Expiation ·noun The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an Atonement.
Wikipedia
Propitiation
Propitiation is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution. While some use the term interchangeably with expiation, others draw a sharp distinction between the two. The discussion here encompasses usage only in Judaism and in the Christian tradition.
Examples of use of expiation
1. She respects his body, which is some kind of expiation.
2. It is, at this point, the basis of their culture, the cornerstone of their identity, the explanation and expiation of all their failings.
3. The deaths of Darfurs children, of those least responsible for the evil that animates genocidal violence, bequeath to us a special opprobrium, a disgrace for which there can be no expiation.
4. The church, while arguing that some material from the files is protected by priest–penitent or psychotherapist–patient privilege, said it wanted to release the majority of the contents as part of a process of expiation.
5. One of the first songs he wrote was called ‘In the Ether‘, which, like many of his compositions, appears to be about spiritual awakening and the expiation of pain.