Expiation

(čks-pe-ā'shūn.) [From L. expiatio, an atoning for.] Among the Hebrews, and also some of the heathens of antiquity, a religious and sacrificial ceremony, by which atonement was made for sins of omi ion or commi ion, accidental or intentional.-(Theol.) The pardon obtained for sin by the obedience and crucifixion of the Saviour. [s. 350]