expiation /k.spi.e.n/ n.
赎罪；补偿；弥补过失。指通过某种行为或付出来弥补所犯的错误或罪过。
He planted a thousand trees as an expiation for the damage he had caused to the forest.
他种了一千棵树，以此作为对他破坏森林的赎罪。
The community service was not merely a legal punishment but a genuine act of expiation, through which she hoped to find inner peace.
社区服务不仅仅是法律上的惩罚，更是一种真正的赎罪行为，她希望借此找到内心的平静。
源自拉丁语 expiatio，由动词 expiare 派生而来，其中 ex- 表示"彻底地"，piare 意为"安抚、赎罪"，与 pius（虔诚的）同源。该词经由古法语进入英语，最初主要用于宗教语境，指通过仪式或苦行来洗清罪孽，后来逐渐扩展为更广泛的"弥补过失"之意。
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