expiation (n.)

  1. compensation for a wrong; we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store

    [ Syn: atonement , satisfaction ]

  2. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

    [ Syn: atonement , propitiation ]

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