Definition for Expiate:

• To atone for, as by suffering or restitution.

Synonyms for Expiate:

• n.

  •
  • make amends,
  • put on/wear a hair shirt,
  • beat your breast,
  • wear sackcloth and ashes,
  • appease,
  • compensate,
  • make it up to someone,
  • redeem yourself.

• v.

  •atone (verb)
  • redeem oneself.
  •purge (verb)
  • pre-venting,
  • re-move,
  • wiping off map,
  • dis-abused,
  • ex terminates,
  • dis-missed,
  • ex-terminates,
  • re-moves,
  • wipes map,
  • dis abusing,
  • wiping map,
  • ex-crete,
  • pre vent,
  • ex cretes,
  • re moving,
  • ex-terminate,
  • pre vents,
  • re-moving,
  • ex terminated,
  • ex-terminating,
  • pre-vents,
  • dis-abuses,
  • un-load,
  • routed out,
  • dis missed,
  • wipe map,
  • dis abuses,
  • wipes off map,
  • sweeping out,
  • un-loads,
  • ex crete,
  • routs out,
  • shakes out,
  • ex terminating,
  • shaking out,
  • ex terminate,
  • sweeps out,
  • dis-missing,
  • pre-vented,
  • dis missing,
  • ex-terminated,
  • un loaded,
  • un loads,
  • un load,
  • dis-abuse,
  • shook out,
  • pre venting,
  • re move,
  • re moved,
  • dis abused,
  • wiped off map,
  • wiped map,
  • dis-abusing,
  • dis abuse,
  • ex-cretes,
  • pre-vent,
  • un loading.
  •purify (verb)
  • deterges,
  • Deterged,
  • Elutriated,
  • de contaminated,
  • aerifying,
  • de-contaminated,
  • de-contaminate,
  • de contaminating,
  • de-odorized,
  • dis-infects,
  • re fines,
  • de-contaminating,
  • re-fines,
  • re-fining,
  • de-odorizing,
  • de odorizes,
  • aerified,
  • de-contaminates,
  • dis infect,
  • elutriates,
  • de contaminate,
  • dis infected,
  • dis-infected,
  • de contaminates,
  • dis-infecting,
  • dis infects,
  • dis-infect,
  • de-odorizes,
  • de-odorize,
  • dis infecting,
  • de odorized,
  • de odorizing,
  • re-fine,
  • re fine,
  • de odorize,
  • re fined.
  •recompense (verb)
  • re couping,
  • counter-vailed,
  • anteing up,
  • overcompensates,
  • over compensates,
  • re turning,
  • counter vail,
  • re pays,
  • sweetening the pot,
  • counter vails,
  • counter vailing,
  • counter poised,
  • re-warding,
  • comped,
  • atones for,
  • re pay,
  • counter poises,
  • re-coup,
  • over-compensate,
  • didst business,
  • re coup,
  • sweetens pot,
  • re quite,
  • paying for,
  • dost business,
  • re couped,
  • makes good,
  • re turn,
  • re-warded,
  • counter-poised,
  • over compensating,
  • gives satisfaction,
  • antes up,
  • re-covered,
  • sweetened the pot,
  • re-couping,
  • pays for,
  • counter-poise,
  • counter-poises,
  • counter vailed,
  • coughs up,
  • doth business,
  • sweetened pot,
  • counter-vails,
  • re-paid,
  • over-compensating,
  • anteed up,
  • doest business,
  • re-paying,
  • re turns,
  • comping,
  • re warding,
  • sweetening pot,
  • re-couped,
  • re-quite,
  • over-compensates,
  • payed for,
  • sprang for,
  • counter poise,
  • counter-vailing,
  • re covered,
  • over compensate,
  • counter poising,
  • re-covering,
  • sprung for,
  • re paying,
  • re cover,
  • springing for,
  • over compensated,
  • springs for,
  • swings for,
  • re-covers,
  • taking care of,
  • counter-vail,
  • swang for,
  • re-pay,
  • re coups,
  • anted up,
  • re warded,
  • counter-poising,
  • re-turns,
  • doeth business,
  • re-turned,
  • sweeten pot,
  • swinging for,
  • atoning for,
  • does business,
  • swung for,
  • over-compensated,
  • re paid,
  • re-coups,
  • Re-turn,
  • sweetens the pot,
  • re covering,
  • re-pays,
  • re-turning,
  • gave satisfaction.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • apologize,
  • make up to,
  • pay for.
  •atone
  • counter-balance,
  • redeemed,
  • making amends,
  • made up for,
  • set off,
  • offsetting,
  • make up for,
  • make for,
  • paid one's dues,
  • pay dues,
  • made amends,
  • counter-balances,
  • expiates,
  • take medicine,
  • take one's medicine,
  • out weigh,
  • made for,
  • make redress,
  • pay one's dues,
  • making for,
  • doing penance,
  • makes amends,
  • make reparation,
  • do penance,
  • setting off.
  •purify
  • Edulcorated,
  • Edulcorating,
  • fumigate,
  • rarified,
  • lustrate,
  • deterge,
  • Deterging,
  • edulcorates,
  • rarify,
  • aerifies,
  • edulcorate,
  • Elutriating,
  • rarifies,
  • Elutriate,
  • aerify,
  • rarifying.
  •recompense
  • take care of,
  • counterpoised,
  • overcompensate,
  • re-cover,
  • make good,
  • overcompensating,
  • coughed up,
  • Counterpoising,
  • atoned for,
  • sweeten the pot,
  • did business,
  • making good,
  • atone for,
  • coughing up,
  • remunerate,
  • doing business,
  • COMP,
  • giving satisfaction,
  • paid for,
  • cough up,
  • takes care of,
  • swing for,
  • give satisfaction,
  • COMPS,
  • do business,
  • recoup,
  • ante up,
  • spring for,
  • took care of,
  • overcompensated.

Antonyms for Expiate:

• v.

  • make amends for
    damage, lose, harm, blame, punish, forfeit, worsen, injure, charge.

Expiate Sentence Examples:

• If he had not tried to expiate his guilt he would never have found out how great his crime was.

• There have been instances in which governors, disregarding bureaucratic formalities, and acting for themselves, have impeded the execution of a decree of the tribunals; but they have never failed to expiate their audacity by dismissal, unless they were supported by a high social position and potent protectors.

Homophones for Expiate:

• excavate, exhibit, escapade, escaped, equipt, equipped, expedited, expedite, except, eyespot, egg-shaped, expatiate, egypt, exuviate.