verb
- making amends for wrongdoing; atoning for guilt or sin
Usage: present participle of expiate
Examples
- He spent years expiating his crimes through community service.
- The ritual was meant for expiating the sins of the community.
- She felt she was expiating her guilt by caring for the injured.
- The monk devoted his life to expiating past wrongs.
- They believed prayer was essential for expiating their mistakes.
- The character spends the novel expiating his betrayal of friends.