expiation

n. கழுவாய் செய்தல், ஈடுசெய்யும் முறை, ஈடுதீர்வு, நிவர்த்திப்பு, பரிகாரம்.

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Ex`pi*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation] 1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty. His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving. 2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement. Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls and goats. Milton. 3. An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen. [Obs.] Hayward.

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