Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Expiate

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Expiate


Subjects in this Topic:

(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.