expiate
/ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To atone or make reparation for.
Example Sentences
- "The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury."
- "At laſt, he diſtinctly pronounced theſe three words, LET THIS EXPIATE! And then, his head ſinking on his pillow, he expired; […]"
- "Thus those pious souls who expiate the remainder of their sins amidst such tortures will receive a special and opportune consolation, […]"
- "I am going out to expiate a great wrong, Paul. A very necessary feature of the expiation is the marksmanship of my opponent."
- "The first change of regime came with the release of my more difficult mathematical, empirical, and scholarly work in a dozen articles in a variety of journals in an attempt to expiate my crime of having sold too many books."
- "He had only to live and expiate in solitude the crimes which he had committed."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Italic *pīos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *pīāō Latin piō Latin expiō ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin expiātus English expiate From Latin expiātus, past participle of expiō (“atone for”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: *pewH-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/
- British English: /ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/