to atone or make amends for
"expiate one's sins"
SYN - aby, atone
to extinguish the guilt incurred by
to make amends for
"permission to expiate their offenses by their assiduous labors" — Francis Bacon
"He was hoping to expiate for the horrible things he had done by taking the kids for ice-cream."
"She no longer could deal with the guilt that she felt and moved at once to expiate the sins by volunteering at the orphanage she had robbed."
"In this newly designed justice system the criminals were actually given a chance to expiate their crimes by doing various charity and volunteer work."
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