REGRET/FEEL SORRYsomething you do to show that you are sorry for having done something wrong 赎罪,弥补过失
atonement for
The priest is a representative of his people, making atonement for their sin.
神父是会众的代表,为他们赎罪。
Examples from the Corpus
atonement• This takes me into atonement as vicarious love.• He instilled more atonement and rigidity to the order of friars.• But not knowing the crime, he could make no atonement.• I do not claim to be able to unravel the complexities of atonement.• Justicerequiresatonement, and justice demandsreform.• But for most people here, it seems, atonement is not really the issue.• Some years ago now, a famousMethodistscholar, Vincent Taylor, wrote a trilogy on the atonement.