Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.
- 2noun
The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.
- 3noun
An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
- 4noun
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
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- 5noun
compensation for a wrong
"we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
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