Definitions for Expiation
ˌɛk spiˈeɪ ʃənex·pi·a·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. atonement, expiation, satisfactionnoun

   compensation for a wrong

   "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

2. expiation, atonement, propitiationnoun

   the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

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1. expiationnoun

   An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Expiationnoun

   Etymology: from expiate.

   1. The act of expiating or attoning for any crime.2. The means by which we attone for crimes; attonement.

   Law can discover sin, but not remove,
   Save by those shadowy expiations weak,
   The blood of bulls and goats. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xii.

   The former part of this poem is but a due expiation for my not serving my king and country in it. Dryden.

   Let a man’s innocence be what it will, let his virtues rise to the highest pitch of perfection, there will be still in him so many secret sins, so many human frailties, so many offences of ignorance, passion and prejudice, so many unguarded words and thoughts, that without the advantage of such an expiation and attonement, as Christianity has revealed to us, it is impossible he should be saved. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 50.

   3. Practices by which the threats of ominous prodigies were averted.

   Upon the birth of such monsters the Grecians and Romans did use divers sorts of expiations, and to go about their principal cities with many solemn ceremonies and sacrifices. John Hayward.

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1. expiation

   Propitiation is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution. While some use the term interchangeably with expiation, others draw a sharp distinction between the two. The discussion here encompasses usage only in Judaism and in the Christian tradition.

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1. expiation

   Expiation is the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement. In a religious context, it can refer specifically to the act of atoning for sin. The aim of expiation is to restore balance and reconnect the wrongdoer with either self, other people, or a higher power, from whom they have become disconnected through their wrongful actions.

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1. Expiationnoun

   the act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty

2. Expiationnoun

   the means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement

3. Expiationnoun

   an act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen

4. Etymology: [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Expiation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Expiation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Expiation in a Sentence

1. George Bernard Shaw:

   Popular Christianity has for its emblem a gibbet, for its chief sensation a sanginary execution after torture, for its central mystery is an insane vengeance bought off by a trumpery expiation. But there is a nobler and profounder Christianity which affirms the sacred mystery of equality and forbids the glaring futility and folly of vengeance.

2. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:

   Needless to say since Christ's expiation not one single Christian has been known to sin, or die.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Expiation
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Expiation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Expiation
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expiation
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Expiation