A year in jail was the expiation demanded for the crime. From LearnThat.org.
The word expiation does not once occur in the Scripture. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation.] Reference
A very necessary feature of the expiation is the marksmanship of my opponent. From Wordnik.com. [Return of Tarzan] Reference
JOHN BURNS, NEW YORK TIMES: I think there was a kind of expiation here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2007] Reference
Fourth, the sacrifice of expiation which is offered by all men and is killed in their temples. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Persia] Reference
Even if the time of your expiation should be a little longer -- well, let it be so. ". From Wordnik.com. [Evelyn Innes] Reference
"A kind of expiation or amercement by fine, known to the Mosaic, Roman, and old. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Starbottle's Client] Reference
This is the expiation of your oaths when ye have sworn. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Sennacherib was held to be an expiation of it, and his successor. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Do you think my suffering might be taken as expiation for his sins?. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
The law of the sacrifice of the red cow, and the water of expiation. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
In doing for her lay the only expiation possible for him in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Janet of the Dunes] Reference
"No expiation is possible," said Henri to Jeanne, pressing her hand convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The plot falls into two parts, the second part being the vengeance and expiation. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Those who suffered the death penalty did so in expiation for lives they had taken. From Wordnik.com. [California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state] Reference
Upon this day shall be the expiation for you, and the cleansing from all your sins. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
There was no time to help him, to interfere with the way of expiation he had chosen. From Wordnik.com. [Out Around Rigel] Reference
Every one that shall touch the waters of expiation, shall be unclean until the evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Which is slain for expiation: besides the perpetual holocaust and the libations thereof. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
How the doctor came to the bleak Labrador coast and there in saving life made expiation. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
The canvas of Incendies is wider, drawing on ancient myth to explore crime and expiation. From Wordnik.com. [Erica Abeel: Toronto Film Festival: The Essential and the Trivial] Reference
And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
It was the United States who insisted that expiation be sought and found by way of a ... trial. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons Of Nuremberg] Reference
In expiation of his treason he was bound to a post under the tropical sun and left there to die. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
He will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
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