Both Uses of
expiate
in
Carrie, by Stephen King
- Blood was always at the root of it, and only blood could expiate it.†
*
- I felt that the sin had been expiated.†
expiated = atoned (demonstrated sorrow for a wrong either by doing something good in return for the wrong, or by accepting punishment)
Definitions:
-
(1)
(expiate) atone (demonstrate sorrow for a wrong either by doing something good to make up for the wrong, or accepting punishment)
-
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus