Word of the Day:
expiation
What It Means
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
The act of expiating or stripping off.
Expiation in Context
“Under this plea, felons of the worst kind might claim, till this time, to be taken out of the hands of the law judges, and to be tried at the bishops’ tribunals; and at these tribunals, such a monstrous solecism had Catholicism become, the payment of money was ever welcomed as the ready expiation...”
Did You Know?
From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō(n) (“satisfaction”).
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