atonement (redirected from atonements)

a·tone·ment  (-tnmnt)

n.

1. Amends or reparation made for an injury or wrong; expiation.

2.

a. Reconciliation or an instance of reconciliation between God and humans.

b. Atonement Christianity The reconciliation of God and humans brought about by the redemptive life and death of Jesus.

3. Obsolete Reconciliation; concord.

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atonement [əˈtəʊnmənt]

n

1. satisfaction, reparation, or expiation given for an injury or wrong

2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) (often capital) Christian theol

a.  the reconciliation of man with God through the life, sufferings, and sacrificial death of Christ

b.  the sufferings and death of Christ

3. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christian Science the state in which the attributes of God are exemplified in man

4. Obsolete reconciliation or agreement

[from Middle English phrase at onement in harmony]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	atonement - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" expiation, satisfaction amends, damages, indemnification, redress, restitution, indemnity - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
	2.	atonement - the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) expiation, propitiation redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil amends, reparation - something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"

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atonement

noun amends, payment, compensation, satisfaction, redress, reparation, restitution, penance, recompense, expiation, propitiation True guilt is marked by a willingness to make atonement.

Translations

atonement [əˈtəʊnmənt] N → expiación f
to make atonement for → enmendar, desagraviar
Day of Atonement → Día m de la Expiación

atonement [əˈtəʊnmənt] n → expiation f, réparation f

atonement

n → Sühne f, → Buße f; to make atonement for something → für etw Sühne or Buße tun; in atonement for something → als Sühne or Buße für etw; the Atonement (Eccl) → das Sühneopfer (Christi)

atonement [əˈtəʊnmənt] n (frm) → espiazione f (Rel) → redenzione f
to make atonement for a mistake → riparare ad un errore

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atonement [əˈtəʊnmənt] n (frm) → espiazione f (Rel) → redenzione f
to make atonement for a mistake → riparare ad un errore