noun
- acts of making amends or atonement for wrongdoing or guilt
Usage: formal; often religious context
Examples
- The priest spoke of expiations required for their sins.
- His charitable works were seen as expiations for past mistakes.
- The ritual included various expiations to appease the gods.
- She viewed her volunteer service as one of many expiations.
- Ancient cultures practiced elaborate expiations after breaking taboos.
- The court ordered financial expiations to the victims’ families.