atonement

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. 爲了彌補自己儅權時對人權的踐踏，他住進脩道院以示贖罪。