Definition of "expiates" [expiates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expiate. (verb)

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• "The nation is not part of Bill's psychodrama, where he expiates guilt for screwing over his wife and daughter, owing him the chance to do that for them."
• "And the New Testament is drawing on the Hebrew Bible, where blood expiates for sin, as you know."
• "He inclined towards all that groans and all that expiates."