Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of making atonement; expiation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of making atonement; expiation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The act of making
atonement ;expiation .
Etymologies
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Latin piatio. See piacle.
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Examples
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[(it! that my) 29.3 (poor departed mother, had suffered me to offer my) 29.3 (vows in ex) -10.7 (piation of her)] TJ
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But I have heard alfo, that he made it a rule to give all his fi (h to the poor 5 which looks as if the good man was not quite cafy in his bufi - ntfs; 5 but thought feme kind of ex - piation AMUSEMENTS OF CLERGYMEN.
Three dialogues on the amusements of clergymen [signed Jos. Frampton]. 1797
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