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India blocking exile, European, to make up for mistake (7)

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I believe the answer is:

expiate

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'make up for mistake' is the definition.
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'india blocking exile european' is the wordplay.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'blocking' indicates putting letters inside.
'exile' becomes 'expat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'i' placed into 'expat' is 'expiat'.
'expiat'+'e'='EXPIATE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for expiate that I've seen before include "Make amends for wrongdoing" , "Do penance, make amends" , "make atonement" , "Pay for" , "Make reparation" .)

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