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expiation

English

  1. 🔊 the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
  2. 🔊 compensation for a wrong
    “we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store”

Similar words

atonement propitiation atonement satisfaction amends atonement balancing commutation compensation composition compromise counteraction counterbalancing expiatory offering indemnification indemnity lex talionis making amends making good making right making up offsetting peace offering piaculum