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expiate

C2 verb

expiate /ˈɛk.spi.eɪt/ nghĩa là chuộc tội, đền tội

Các nghĩa

  1. chuộc tội, đền tội

    To atone or make reparation for.

    ambitransitive

    The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury.

    At laſt, he diſtinctly pronounced theſe three words, LET THIS EXPIATE! And then, his head ſinking on his pillow, he expired; […]

    Thus those pious souls who expiate the remainder of their sins amidst such tortures will receive a special and opportune consolation, […]

  2. bồi thường, trả giá

    To make amends or pay the penalty for.

    transitive

    He had only to live and expiate in solitude the crimes which he had committed.

  3. tẩy uế bằng nghi lễ thiêng liêng

    To purify with sacred rites.

    transitive

  4. kết thúc, chấm dứt

    To wind up, bring to an end.

    transitive

    But when in thee times forrwes I behould, / Then look I death my daies ſhould expiate.

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