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BNC: 38487 COCA: 36529

expiate

verb
/ˈekspieɪt/
/ˈekspieɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they expiate
/ˈekspieɪt/
/ˈekspieɪt/
he / she / it expiates
/ˈekspieɪts/
/ˈekspieɪts/
past simple expiated
/ˈekspieɪtɪd/
/ˈekspieɪtɪd/
past participle expiated
/ˈekspieɪtɪd/
/ˈekspieɪtɪd/
-ing form expiating
/ˈekspieɪtɪŋ/
/ˈekspieɪtɪŋ/
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  1. expiate something to accept punishment for something that you have done wrong in order to show that you are sorry为（所犯罪过）接受惩罚；赎（罪）
    • He had a chance to confess and expiate his guilt.他有认错和赎罪的机会。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryExpiate is used with these nouns as the object:
    • sin
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (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’).
BNC: 38487 COCA: 36529
BNC: 38487 COCA: 36529
BNC: 38487 COCA: 36529
expiate
To say or show that you are sorry: apologize, atone, make amends...

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