Expiate - definition, pronunciation, transcription

Amer. |ˈekspieɪt|

Brit. |ˈɛkspɪeɪt|

- make amends for (syn: aby, abye, atone)

expiate one's sins

...Yom Kippur is the holy day on which Jews are expected to expiate sins committed during the past year....

She expiated her crime by becoming a nun.

verb
I/you/we/they: expiate
he/she/it: expiates
present participle: expiating
past tense: expiated
past participle: expiated