expiation

1. 1.

   compensation for a wrong

   “we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store”

   Synonymsatonementsatisfaction

   Broaderdamages
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsatonementpropitiation

   Broaderredemption

   Narrowerreparation

Other forms of expiation

plural

expiations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about expiation

What does expiation mean?

expiation means "compensation for a wrong". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in expiation?

expiation has 5 syllables: ex-pi-a-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for expiation?

Close synonyms include atonement, satisfaction, atonement, propitiation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is expiation a common word?

expiation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.