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atonement
/əˈtoʊnmənt/
noun 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
best, former, received, sufficient
VERB + ATONEMENT
achieve, made, suffering
PREP.
through
Definitions
noun
1
Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.
1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.
2
The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
3
Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.
by whom we have now received the atonement
He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasi
- expiation
- propitiation
noun — compensation for a wrong
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.
Wiktionary02
1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.
Wiktionary03
by whom we have now received the atonement
Wiktionary04
Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.
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