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 Ex·pi·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating ]
 1. 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.
    To expiate his treason, hath naught left.   --Milton.
    The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.   --Clarendon.
 2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.]
    Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire.   --Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version)