Associations to the word «Expiation»

Wiktionary

EXPIATION, noun. An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
EXPIATION, noun. (obsolete) The act of expiating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.

Dictionary definition

EXPIATION, noun. Compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store".
EXPIATION, noun. The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).

Wise words

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates