expiation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. countable,uncountable
    — One day he came not: I was told, and truly, that business the most imperative required his personal attendance; yet I could not force the ghastly terror of his illness from my mind. I dared not tempt my fate by content—the agony which I suffered seemed a sort of expiation.
  2. The act of expiating or stripping off. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — expiation of his immanities fore.

词形变化

expiations plural

词汇关系

衍生词
expiational
相关词
expiate expiatory

词源

From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō(n) (“satisfaction”).
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