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Atonement

Atonement Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Atonement? [n] the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) [n] compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Atonement: expiation \| expiation \| propitiation \| satisfaction Related Terms \| Find terms related to Atonement: amends \| appeasement \| balancing \| blood money \| commutation \| compensation \| consideration \| counteraction \| counterbalancing \| damages \| expiation \| guerdon \| honorarium \| indemnification \| indemnity \| lex talionis \| making good \| meed \| offsetting \| paying back \| payment \| penance \| price \| propitiation \| quittance \| recompense \| rectification \| redress \| refund \| reimbursement \| remuneration \| reparation \| repayment \| requital \| requitement \| restitution \| retaliation \| retribution \| return \| revenge \| reward \| salvage \| satisfaction \| smart money \| solatium \| squaring \| substitution \| wergild See Also \| amends \| amends \| damages \| indemnification \| indemnity \| redemption \| redress \| reparation \| restitution \| salvation Atonement In Webster's Dictionary \Atone"ment\, n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic] By whom we have now received the atonement. --Rom. v. 11. He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers. --Shak. 2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ. When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others. --Spectator. The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense. --Potter. \Atone"ment\, n. {Day of Atonement} (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tisri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Atrium \A"tri*um\, n. (Anat.) A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc.

Atonement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Atonement?

[n] the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
[n] compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Atonement: expiation | expiation | propitiation | satisfaction

Atonement In Webster's Dictionary

\A*tone"ment\, n.
1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration
   of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic]

         By whom we have now received the atonement. --Rom.
                                               v. 11.

         He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of
         Gloucester and your brothers.         --Shak.

2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent
   for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be
   received in satisfaction for an offense or injury;
   expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology:
   The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal
   suffering, and death of Christ.

         When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best
         atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.
                                               --Spectator.

         The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that
         they were thought to have made a sufficient
         atonement for their former offense.   --Potter.


\A*tone"ment\, n.

{Day of Atonement} (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the
   Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh
   month (Tisri), according to the rites described in
   Leviticus xvi. Atrium \A"tri*um\, n. (Anat.)
A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial
cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the
infundibula of the lungs, etc.

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