- (v.t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt or sin.
- (v.t.) To purify with sacred rites.
- (a.) Terminated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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