贖しょく罪ざい意い識しき

noun

sense of atonement; guilt-driven need to make amends

A formal, somewhat literary term for a feeling of moral obligation to atone for a wrong. Often used in psychological, religious, or ethical contexts.

• 彼かれは贖しょく罪ざい意い識しきに駆かられて、被ひ害がい者しゃに謝しゃ罪ざいした。

  Driven by a sense of atonement, he apologized to the victim.

• 贖しょく罪ざい意い識しきが強つよすぎると、自じ分ぶんを責せめ続つづけてしまう。

  If your sense of atonement is too strong, you may keep blaming yourself.