Expiated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Expiate \Ex"pi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expiated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Expiating}.] [L. expiatus, p. p. of expiare to
     expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with
     sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See {Pious}.]
     1. 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.
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              To expiate his treason, hath naught left. --Milton.
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              The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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     2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.]
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              Neither let there be found among you any one that
              shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to
              pass through the fire.                --Deut. xviii.
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