立功赎罪
      Explanation: For meritorious service to cover sin.
      Usage: Joint type; as predicate, attributive; for people at fault
      Source: "Old Tang Chuan Wang Xiaojie": "emissary cut to Xun Wang Hui. You state that before the arrival, and Wang Fai has meritorious atonement, actually free to punish."
      Examples: Zhaoshuai should be said: "When dismissed, the ~." (Ming Feng Meng, "Eastern Zhou Chi," Forty-back)
  • Thesaurus:  the punishment exceeds the crime