| 单词 | to expiate oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto expiate oneself 3. To do away or extinguish the guilt of (one's sin); to offer or serve as a propitiation for. †to expiate oneself (rare): to do penance. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > make pure [verb (transitive)] > take away the guilt of (one's sin) cleansec897 expiate1608 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > do penance [verb (reflexive)] to expiate oneself1608 1608 Bp. J. Hall Characters Vertues & Vices ii. 89 No repentance can expiate that [sin]. 1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) iii. 211 Once dead, his sin Man cannot expiate with teares. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 379 J. M...has ever since expiated himself in a retired silence. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 99. ¶7 An Affront that nothing but Blood can expiate. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. v. 201 Repentance alone being sufficient to expiate Guilt, appears to be contrary to the general Sense of Mankind. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxii. 276 The Agyllæans were still expiating the sin by a periodical solemnity. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland vii. 181 By punishing them, he flattered himself that he was expiating his own sins. < as lemmas |
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