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 Expiation \Ex`pi*a"tion\, n. [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation]
   1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime
      or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or
      penalty.
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            His liberality seemed to have something in it of
            self-abasement and expiation.         --W. Irving.
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   2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or
      sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an
      atonement.
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            Those shadowy expiations weak,
            The blood of bulls and goats.         --Milton.
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   3. An act by which the threats of prodigies were averted
      among the ancient heathen. [Obs.] --Hayward.
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