expiation

expiation is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
2. noun. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
3. noun. An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
4. noun. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

   Synonyms: atonement, propitiation

5. noun. compensation for a wrong

   "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

   Synonyms: atonement, satisfaction

Synonyms

atonement, propitiation, satisfaction

Common word forms

expiations, expiational

Words from these letters

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