expiation
Example Sentences
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The sisters’ mission statement is “the expiation of stigmatic guilt and the promulgation of universal joy,” but since their inception, they’ve been called diabolical and anti-Catholic and accused by their detractors of mocking Catholic nuns.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2023
Rather, he felt he would find expiation in understanding and giving voice to an oppressed community.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2020
But as the legislative session winds to a close, some lawmakers, activists and victims say Albany’s expiation has been uneven, sparing some bad actors even as it has felled others.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018
It felt like an expiation, a penance for I don’t quite know what.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
As a young man I was attracted to expiation.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
