"expiation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-expiation.ogg Forms: expiations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō (“satisfaction”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|expiation}} Middle French expiation, {{der|en|la|expiātiō|t=satisfaction}} Latin expiātiō (“satisfaction”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} expiation (countable and uncountable, plural expiations)
  1. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: atonement, propitiation Translations (an act of atonement): كَفَّارَة (kaffāra) [feminine] (Arabic), изкупване (izkupvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), expiació [feminine] (Catalan), boetedoening [feminine] (Dutch), verzoening [feminine] (Dutch), voldoening [feminine] (Dutch), sovitus (Finnish), expiation [feminine] (French), Sühne [feminine] (German), Entsühnung [feminine] (German), vezeklés (Hungarian), penitencia (Hungarian), yfirbót [feminine] (Icelandic), friðþæging [feminine] (Icelandic), luella [feminine] (Latin), искупу́вање (iskupúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം (prāyaścittaṁ) (Malayalam), purgacioun (Middle English), kafara [class-10, class-9] (Ngazidja Comorian), ekspiacja [feminine] (Polish), expiação [feminine] (Portuguese), искупле́ние (iskuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), expiación [feminine] (Spanish), kafara [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), ప్రాయశ్చిత్తము (prāyaścittamu) (Telugu), kefaret (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-expiation-en-noun-tt9GQLdg Disambiguation of 'an act of atonement': 84 16
  2. (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: plunder, pillage
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: expiate, expiatory

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kaffāra",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كَفَّارَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izkupvane",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изкупване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "expiació"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boetedoening"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verzoening"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voldoening"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "word": "sovitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "expiation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sühne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entsühnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "word": "vezeklés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "word": "penitencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yfirbót"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "friðþæging"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luella"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "iskupúvanje",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "искупу́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "prāyaścittaṁ",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "word": "പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "word": "purgacioun"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "kafara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ekspiacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "expiação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskuplénije",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "искупле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "expiación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "kafara"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "prāyaścittamu",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "word": "ప్రాయశ్చిత్తము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an act of atonement",
      "word": "kefaret"
    }
  ],
  "word": "expiation"
}

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