OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 35662

expiation

/ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
expiación
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
One day he came not: I was told, and truly, that business the most imperative required his personal attendance; yet I could not force the ghastly terror of his illness from my mind…
Under this plea, felons of the worst kind might claim, till this time, to be taken out of the hands of the law judges, and to be tried at the bishops’ tribunals; and at these tribu…
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