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- \ˈek-spē-ˌāt\
- /ˈek.spi.eɪt/
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- \ˈek-spē-ˌāt\
Definitions of expiate word
- noun expiate Atone for (guilt or sin). 1
- transitive verb expiate compensate for 1
- verb expiate If you expiate guilty feelings or bad behaviour, you do something to indicate that you are sorry for what you have done. 0
- verb expiate to atone for or redress (sin or wrongdoing); make amends for 0
- verb transitive expiate to make amends or reparation for (wrongdoing or guilt); atone for 0
- verb transitive expiate to pay the penalty of; suffer for 0
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Parts of speech for Expiate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
expiate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
expiate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for expiate
verb expiate
- make amends — reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- compensate — To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- redress — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
- atone — If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it.
Antonyms for expiate
verb expiate
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
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