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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of expiare, from pius; PIOUS]
formal to show you are sorry for something you have done wrong by accepting your punishment willingly, or trying to do something to improve what you did
::She expiated her crime by becoming a nun.
-- expiation /7ekspi5eIFEn/ n [U]