Expiate

a. [Fr. expier; Lat. expio, expiatus - ex, and peo, from pius, dutiful, pious, devout. See Prous.] To make satisfaction or atonement for; to atone for; to extinguish the guilt of a crime by subsequent acts of piety or worship, by which the obligation to punish the crime is cancelled; to make reparation for. IMG:content-0090.png:[blocks in formation]