Make up for resident abroad, European, around India (7)
I believe the answer is:
expiate
'make up for' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'resident abroad european around india' is the wordplay.
'resident abroad' becomes 'expat' (I've seen this before).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'expat'+'e'='expate'
'expate' placed around 'i' is 'EXPIATE'.
(Other definitions for expiate that I've seen before include "Make amends for wrongdoing" , "right?" , "Make up for mistake" , "Do penance, make amends" , "Of sin, make amends for" .)