Associations to the word «Expiation»
Noun
- Atonement
- Penance
- Repentance
- Purification
- Sin
- Reparation
- Guilt
- Prodigy
- Sacrifice
- Remorse
- Redemption
- Sinner
- Forgiveness
- Rite
- Fasting
- Alms
- Indulgence
- Offence
- Suffering
- Punishment
- Crucifixion
- Offering
- Goat
- Thanksgiving
- Bondage
- Reconciliation
- Crime
- Confession
- Solitude
- Pardon
- Christ
- Communion
- Conscience
- Satisfaction
- Deed
- Fault
- Oath
- Vengeance
- Efficacy
- Theology
- Purity
- Torah
- Vow
- Wrath
- Wrong
- Evil
- Deity
- Salvation
- Devotion
- Allah
- Agony
- Priest
- Penalty
- God
- Murder
- Holocaust
- Sorrow
- Scripture
- Altar
- Doctrine
- Meditation
- Bible
- Ritual
- Mercy
- Covenant
- Merit
- Feast
- Passion
- Heaven
- Soul
- Breach
- Ceremony
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
EXPIATION, noun. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
EXPIATION, noun. (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.
Dictionary definition
EXPIATION, noun. Compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store".
EXPIATION, noun. The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.