To carry out one's duties or responsibilities in a perfunctory, half-hearted manner just to get them over with; to do a job poorly or carelessly; to muddle through
to fulfill responsibility
(literary) To perform one's duty or fulfill an obligation; to repay a debt of gratitude
to atone for a fault
(archaic) To make up for a mistake or atone for a crime; to compensate for an error through actions
to shirk responsibility
To evade one's duties or shift responsibility onto others
