Atonement

Definitions

1. Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
   countable, uncountable
2. The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
   countable, often, uncountable
3. Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“by whom we have⟳ now received the atonement”

“He desires to make⟳ atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.”

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