Definition

1. Verb:
   • To atone for one's faults; to redeem oneself: To perform a good deed or achieve something positive in order to make up for a previous mistake, sin, or crime. This word carries a formal and somewhat literary tone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau trận thua thảm hại, đội bóng quyết tâm đái tội bằng một chiến thắng thuyết phục. (After the disastrous loss, the football team was determined to atone for their faults with a convincing victory.)
  • Hắn muốn đái tội cho những lỗi lầm trong quá khứ bằng cách làm nhiều việc thiện. (He wants to redeem himself for past mistakes by doing many good deeds.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is most commonly and idiomatically used in the fixed four-word structure "đái tội lập công".
  • "đái tội lập công": To atone for one's faults by performing meritorious deeds; to redeem oneself through achievement.

    • Vị tướng đó đã đái tội lập công, biến một thất bại ban đầu thành chiến thắng cuối cùng. (That general atoned for his faults with achievements, turning an initial failure into a final victory.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chuộc tội (verb): To atone for sins. This is a more common and general synonym.
• Đền tội (verb): To pay for one's crime; to expiate.

Synonyms

• Chuộc lỗi: To make up for a mistake.
• Sửa chữa sai lầm: To correct one's mistakes.

Notes on Usage

• "Đái tội" is considered a literary and somewhat archaic term (ít dùng - rarely used) in modern Vietnamese. In everyday speech, "chuộc tội" is far more common.
• Its usage is almost exclusively found in formal, historical, or literary contexts, often related to significant moral or military redemption.

1. (ít dùng) Redeem onéfaults
   • Đái tội lập công
     To reddem one's faults with achievements