n. [ L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation ] 1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty. [ 1913 Webster ]
His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls and goats. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. An act by which the threats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen. [ Obs. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
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