atonement

Noun

Meaning

Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

satisfaction expiation propitiation salvation penitence return indemnity vindication penalty punishment consideration payment compensation sacrifice damages
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Antonyms

receive confidence default punish impairment discontent
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Hypernyms

salvation indemnity damages redress restitution amends

Hyponyms

reparation amends

Phrases with the word

on the day of atonement vicarious atonement unlimited atonement satisfaction theory of atonement jesus christ's atonement substitutionary atonement

Examples

The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity. Lord Byron

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. W. H. Auden

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters. John Banville

When you sincerely embrace Jesus as your Saviour, and rest on His atonement for pardon, when you look to Him for daily direction, lean on Him for support, and are joined to Him in heart union, then you may be sure that you have got the everlasting rock bed underneath you. Theodore L. Cuyler

Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it - that is what you must do. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness. Eric Hoffer

Close letter words and terms

atone atone for one's actions atoned for atoner atones for Atong