N-VAR 补赎;悔罪;忏悔 If you do penance for something wrong that you have done, you do something that you find unpleasant to show that you are sorry. 补赎;悔罪;忏悔
...a time of fasting, penance and pilgrimage.
斋戒、补赎和朝圣的时代
The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.