expiation
/ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/noun
expiation is spelled E-X-P-I-A-T-I-O-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, expiation means “An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of expiation is expiations.
How many letters and syllables are in expiation?
| Letters | 9: E-X-P-I-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is expiation?
Expiation appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce expiation?
- /ɛkspiˈeɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-expiation.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of expiation
- expiations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does expiation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
- 2
obsoleteThe act of expiating or stripping off.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Expiation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an act of atonement:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does expiation come from?
From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō(n) (“satisfaction”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).