贖しょく罪ざい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

atonement; redemption; expiation

General term for making amends for a sin or crime, often through suffering or good deeds. Can be used in both religious and secular contexts.

• 彼かれは罪つみを贖しょく罪ざいするために一いっ生しょうを捧ささげた。

  He devoted his life to atoning for his sins.

• 贖しょく罪ざいの気き持もちから、彼かの女じょはボランティア活かつ動どうを始はじめた。

  Out of a sense of atonement, she started volunteering.

noun

the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

Specifically refers to the Christian doctrine of Christ's atonement for humanity's sins.

• キリスト教きょうでは、イエスの贖しょく罪ざいが救すくいの中ちゅう心しんとされる。

  In Christianity, the Atonement of Jesus is central to salvation.