Bible Dictionaries
Expiate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To purify with sacred rites.
(2):
(a.) Terminated.
(3):
(v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Expiate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/expiate.html. 1828.