Are there single-words (or at least within 5 words) for or that describes "The need to find and right your misjudgment of a person"? [closed]
Solution 1:
The need to right the wrong you have done someone:
atone, verb
make amends or reparation.
"he was being helpful, to atone for his past mistakes"
synonyms: make amends, make reparation, make restitution, make recompense, make redress, make up for, compensate, pay, pay the penalty, pay the price, recompense, answer; expiate, make good, offset; do penance, redeem oneself, redress the balance;
"what would you have me do to atone for my sin?"
From Oxford