expiate

1. V-T If you expiate guilty feelings or bad behaviour, you do something to indicate that you are sorry for what you have done. 赎罪[正式]

It seemed that Alice was expiating her father's sins with her charity work. 看来爱丽丝要用自己的善行来赎她父亲的罪恶。

2. expiationN-UNCOUNT

...an often painful process of evaluation and expiation. ...一种通常是痛苦的评价和赎罪过程。