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An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. / (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off.

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expiation

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expiation

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable obsolete

An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. / (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off.

Japanese Meaning

罪や過ちに対する贖罪、償いの行為

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After confessing, she dedicated her life to expiation for the harm she had caused.

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告白した後、彼女は自分が与えた被害の償いとして一生を捧げた。

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An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.

One day he came not: I was told, and truly, that business the most imperative required his personal attendance; yet I could not force the ghastly terror of his illness from my mind. I dared not tempt my fate by content—the agony which I suffered seemed a sort of expiation.

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