expiate

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/

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Verb

Plain form expiate

Third-person singular expiates

Past tense expiated

Past participle expiated

Present participle expiating

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you expiate, you try to make amends for a wrongdoing.