1. N-UNCOUNT If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry. 贖罪[正式] [oft N 'for' n]

He's living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under his leadership. 為了彌補(bǔ)自己當(dāng)權(quán)時(shí)對(duì)人權(quán)的踐踏，他住進(jìn)修道院以示贖罪。