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   expiate

   /ˈɛkspɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing): "their sins must be expiated by sacrifice"

   Word Origin late 16th century (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’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. expiable adjective
   • 2. expiator noun
   • 3. expiatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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     1

   • X

     8

   • P

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   • I

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   • A

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