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Meanings of expiate in English
Synonyms
Examples for "atone"
Examples for "atone"
1
Milosevic offered an opportunity to atone for appeasement in the Munich Agreement.
2
Not in euthanasia, but in torment of mind should the guilty atone.
3
My story has drawn down these judgments: Let my confession atone-but ,ah!
4
Even now it was not too late to atone for her mistake.
5
To make up for the Killers' sins, creation to atone for destruction?
1
And yet, Aby, I find it is impossible to please every body.
2
Both Mr. Prendergast and Aby Mollett rose at the same time.
3
And Aby, seeing this, seated himself more comfortably in his own.
4
Aby Mollett raised his hat, and the two gentlemen touched theirs.
5
And then Aby drew his breath and paused for an answer.
1
Come instantly, or, by the rood, thou shalt abye thy sloth!
2
ABY, abye, endure, suffer.
3
"He shall abye it," said the Princess; "he shall dearly abye it!
4
"If Norfolk thinks to act the King, and turn the city into a shambles,"-witha mighty oath-"heshall abye it.
Usage of expiate in English
1
The wicked were to expiate their crimes by ages of wearisome labor.
2
By the book I have sinned, and the book must expiate it.
3
In short, do your best to expiate the enormity of your offence.
4
Anti-republicans can only expiate their folly under the age of the guillotine.
5
By sacrifice of joy and life I now attempt to expiate it.
6
He has to expiate the false boasts made to his female cousins.
7
I am to blame, and punish me, make me expiate my fault.
8
Ye may deplore your wickedness or folly, but ye cannot expiate it.
9
By smiting them gently they may be made to expiate their offences.
10
But rest assured that you must die-youmust expiate your fearful crimes.
11
As you say, you have suffered enough already to expiate your fault.
12
Did they think they should thus in some sort expiate their crime?
13
Have I not suffered enough to expiate the sins of my youth?
14
Ah, he would make her cruelly expiate the crime of her birth.
15
But shall we not confess that we have indeed something to expiate?
16
The idea that you can expiate the deed by this self-torture is vain.
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