English → Latin
“expiation” in Latin
expiātiōsatisfaction, atonement, expiation, purificationcompēnsātiōweighing (of factors), balancing, equalizingsatisfactiōthe giving of security or bail; satisfaction (for an offence); reparation, amends; excuse, apology, pleascelusan evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action; wickedness, villainy; criminal, villain, felon, scoundrel, rascal, rpendōto weigh, weigh out; to pay; to consider, ponderdēpendeōto hang down, from or on; to wait for; to be dependent on or governed byexpendōto weigh; to pay out; to judge
The English word expiation itself goes back to Latin piō, through expiātiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
expiation
expiatio (atonement for a crime, sceleris, rupti foederis, etc.): compensatio: satisfactio (what satisfies an injured person). To make expiation for anything, expiare aliquid (of making amends for a crime; by anything, aliqua re. Also, expiare aliquem aliqua re); poenas alicujus rei dare, pendere, dependere, expendere, solvere: to demand the expiation of a crime, piaculum exigere ab aliquo.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for expiation?
- The usual Latin words for “expiation” are expiātiō, compēnsātiō, satisfactiō; also scelus, pendō, dēpendeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.