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# expiation

«expiation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A making up for wrong, so that the wrong is forgiven** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A making up for wrong, so that the wrong is forgiven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/expiation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God "makes expiation" for the land and His people, clearing away their guilt. Interpretation: Atonement is central on Yom Kippur, and tradition teaches that repentance and good deeds can bring forgiveness.

### examples

- Sing aloud, O ye nations, of His people; for He doth avenge the blood of His servants, and doth render vengeance to His adversaries, and doth make expiation for the land of His people. (Torah DEU.32.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/expiation/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «expiation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/expiation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.