Question

expiate In the fifth generation Croesus expiated the crime of his ancestor, a soldier in the bodyguard of the Heraclids, who succumbed to a woman's treachery, slew his master, and seized a throne that was not his.

Accepted Answer

v. To atone for guilt or sin. On the War for Greek Freedom, selections from Herodotus' Histories, p. 25

Word	expiate
Definition	v. To atone for guilt or sin.
Sentence	In the fifth generation Croesus expiated the crime of his ancestor, a soldier in the bodyguard of the Heraclids, who succumbed to a woman's treachery, slew his master, and seized a throne that was not his.
Source	On the War for Greek Freedom, selections from Herodotus' Histories, p. 25

Expiate V Atone Guilt Sin Generation Croesus Expiated