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Meanings of
expiation
in English
Portuguese
absolvição
Spanish
satisfacción
Catalan
expiació
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Compensation for a wrong.
satisfaction
atonement
propitiation
Portuguese
absolvição
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
penitence
Usage of
expiation
in English
1
I'm afraid this is not a question of regret but of
expiation
.
2
The dream of empire was gone; the day of
expiation
was begun.
3
Kim said shakily, If
expiation
is needed, it is mine to seek.
4
This is the movement of the romance, and then comes the
expiation
.
5
That would be the real
expiation
,
not burying myself in a convent.
6
And the rebuke or
expiation
'There is more to fishing than fish.'
7
In accepting sesamum, O Yudhishthira, the same
expiation
has to be made.
8
Of the New Testament, that of the Son, the kingdom of
expiation
.
9
This is the
expiation
of your oaths when ye shall have sworn.
10
He whole soul seemed to crave suffering, in
expiation
for his sins.
11
It is an act of
expiation
for something you have not committed.
12
And thou shalt offer a calf for sin every day for
expiation
.
13
She entreated God to grant her time for repentance and for
expiation
.
14
There is no
expiation
for him and his sins know no diminution.
15
Some are of opinion that no
expiation
is necessary for such conduct.
16
These woods which have witnessed my fault should have witnessed my
expiation
.
Other examples for "expiation"
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expiation
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
be no expiation
make expiation
perform expiation
bitter expiation
such expiation
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Translations for
expiation
Portuguese
absolvição
Spanish
satisfacción
vindicación
compensación
expiación
Catalan
expiació
Expiation
through the time
Expiation
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