Expiate (verb)
ex-pee-ayt
Make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing)
Late 16th century (in the sense ‘end (rage, sorrow, etc.) by suffering it to the full’): from Latin expiat- ‘appeased by sacrifice’, from the verb expiare, from ex- ‘out’ + piare (from pius ‘pious’).
Example sentences
“It’s thought he should try to expiate his previous behaviour”
