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Expiation
Expiation meaning
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing. | The act of expiating or stripping off.
Synonyms of Expiation
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Propitiation and expiation The case for translating hilasterion as "expiation" instead of "propitiation" was put forward by C. H. Dodd in 1935 and at first gained wide support.
Worrell was also issued with an expiation notice for using his mobile phone while driving.
Ameaux was punished by the council and forced to make expiation by parading through the city and begging God for forgiveness.
As a result, hilasterion has been translated as "expiation" in the RSV and other modern versions.
He also spoiled the temple, and put a stop to the constant practice of offering a daily sacrifice of expiation for three years and six months.
Some believe that the Old and New Testaments have differing opinions on the expiation of guilt because the Old Testaments were subject to the Age of Law and the New Testaments replace the Age of Law with the now current Age of Grace.
This connection between the sacred fire, Earth and life on it is also the reason why the Vestals guilty of unchastity were condemned to be buried alive, an expiation conceived to be a token of their belonging to Earth and of reparation towards it.