different between expiatory vs expiate

English

Adjective

expiatory (comparative more expiatory, superlative most expiatory)

1. Of or pertaining to expiation.
   • 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough

     They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin expi?tus, past participle of expi? (“atone for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??k.spi.e?t/

Verb

expiate (third-person singular simple present expiates, present participle expiating, simple past and past participle expiated)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To atone or make reparation for.
   • 1888, Leo XIII, "Quod Anniversarius",

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

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, Chapter VI,

     I am going out to expiate a great wrong, Paul. A very necessary feature of the expiation is the marksmanship of my opponent.
2. (transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for.
   • 1876, Jules Verne, translated by Stephen W. White, The Mysterious Island, part 2, chapter 17,

     He had only to live and expiate in solitude the crimes which he had committed.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To relieve or cleanse of guilt.
   • 1829, Pierre Henri Larcher, Larcher's Notes on Herodotus, vol. 2, p. 195,

     […] and Epimenides was brought from Crete to expiate the city.

4. (transitive) To purify with sacred rites.
5. (transitive) To wind up, bring to an end.

Usage notes

Intransitive use, constructed with for (like atone), is obsolete in Christian usage, but fairly common in informal discussions of Islam.

Related terms

• expiation
• expiator
• expiatory

Translations

Anagrams

• apexite

Latin

Verb

expi?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of expi?