Max Weber

The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency decrees expiation for the violation of a norm; this concern finds expression in the infliction of punishment on the evil doer by agents of the state, the evil doer, however, enjoying the protection of a regular procedure.

German Economist

Bertha von Suttner

How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood.

Austrian Novelist

Adam Clarke

But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the nature which sinned he might make the expiation required.

British Theologian

Percy Bysshe Shelley

All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.

English Poet

Louis XIV

That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.

French Royalty

Use 'expiate' to express sincere remorse or regret over one's misdoings or negligence.

Sincere Regret

'Expiate' involves an active effort to seek forgiveness or make amends, not just feeling sorry.

Active Redemption

'Expiate' suggests a concrete action or sacrifice to compensate for wrongdoing.

Remedy Wrongdoing

'Expiate' often appears in religious texts or discussions about atonement and penance.

Religious Context

Understanding 'expiate' can be enhanced by exploring various cultural beliefs about atonement.

Cultural Nuances

'Expiate' can be used for personal guilt or as a broader concept of clearing ancestral or historical guilt.