expiate

«expiate» in Mova's school dictionary: To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (expiates, expiated, expiating)

meaning for a pupil

To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a wicked person suffers or does penance to pay for a sin

examples

• He tried to expiate his crime by giving his gold to the poor. tree →
• The king expiated his sin with years of penance. tree →
• Only a kind deed can expiate that wrong. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• By mercy and truth iniquity is expiated; and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «expiate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.