expiates
Pays for wrongdoing
Expiates means atones for or makes amends for wrongdoing.
To expiate guilt or sin is to do something that compensates for it, often through suffering or sacrifice: He tried to expiate his betrayal by dedicating his life to charity.
The word carries religious and moral weight, suggesting not just apologizing but actively working to cancel out a wrong.
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
reparation · forgiveness · amends · atonement · reconciliation · purification · restitution · propitiation
penance
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
repentance · reparation · forgiveness · amends · atonement · reconciliation · purification · restitution · propitiation · satisfaction
expiatessins
Violations of moral law
transgresses · wrongs · perpetrates · reoffends · offends
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