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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
expiate .
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Examples
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LIVY mentions it as one of the prodigies which were to be "expiated," on the approach of a rupture with Macedon, that "in
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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LIVY mentions it as one of the prodigies which were to be "expiated" on the approach of a rupture with Macedon, that "in
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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In remorse, he vowed to live like an animal, crawling on all fours and eating only grass, until his sins were expiated.
Masterful Engravers Judy Fayard 2011
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Better to leave the crime un-expiated and better remembered.
Estonian Symbolism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Although sometimes a particularly serious crime must be expiated, a community cannot excuse itself for existing unless it dissolves and disappears.
Why democracies despise themselves Pascal Bruckner 2010
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The Israelis left behind rose-colored Arabic-language leaflets stating that persons from Beit Jalla killed a young Jewish woman near Beit Vaghan after committing against her a crime that will never be expiated.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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Never let them feel that their guilt has been expiated.
The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010
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The Florentine bishop expiated the offense of playing chess "by three recitations of the Psalter, by washing the feet of 12 poor persons, and by giving them liberal alms."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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His grin expiated his looks, making anyone in range of his searchlight smile feel that they were interesting to know.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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Never let them feel that their guilt has been expiated.
The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010
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