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atonement
[uh-tohn-muhnt]
noun
satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
(sometimes initial capital letter)the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and humankind, especially as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ.
Christian Science.the experience of humankind's unity with God exemplified by Jesus Christ.
Archaic.reconciliation; agreement.
atonement
/ əˈəʊԳəԳ /
noun
satisfaction, reparation, or expiation given for an injury or wrong
(often capital) Christian theol
the reconciliation of man with God through the life, sufferings, and sacrificial death of Christ
the sufferings and death of Christ
Christian Science the state in which the attributes of God are exemplified in man
obsoletereconciliation or agreement
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of atonement1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of atonement1
Example Sentences
“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said.
It does not cost anything, just a public act of atonement for past sins.
Kalyan is also performing what he called 11 days of atonement rituals to rectify the "great injustice".
He’s continued to use this language that evokes the theological logic of substitutionary atonement, where he bravely offers himself to be sacrificed on behalf of his followers.
So, too, will Germany, whose support for Israel, rooted in atonement for the Holocaust, is second only to that of the United States.
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