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Thesaurus: atonement

Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.

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  1. n. Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. compensation for a wrong
  4. n. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
  5. n:100 n. compensation for a wrong