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expiate
to make amends for wrongdoing
Synonyms
- atone
- make amends
- redeem
expiate in a sentence
He volunteered at the shelter to expiate his earlier selfishness.
The ruler tried to expiate years of cruelty by funding public schools.
Where it comes from
From Latin expiare, meaning 'to atone for or purify.'
Memory hook
EXPIATE sounds like 'exit guilt': you expiate wrongs by making amends.
Read it in context
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- The Fault in the Bronze Science