atone
/əˈtəʊn/verb
no obj.
- make amends or reparation赎罪; 弥补：
a human sacrifice to atone for the sin.
用人作祭品来赎罪。
词源
Middle English （originally in the sense 'make or become united or reconciled'， rare before the 16th cent.）： from at one in early use; later by back-formation from ATONEMENT.