atonement
English
Etymology
Perhaps from atone + -ment as translation of Medieval Latin adūnāmentum[1]; however, the noun is found earlier than the verb (atone); and in this light, the proper etymology is at + onement.
Noun
atonement (countable and uncountable, plural atonements)
- Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
- Spectator
- When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.
- Potter
- The Phocians behaved with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.
- Spectator
- (theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
- (archaic) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.
- Bible, Rom. v. 11
- by whom we have now received the atonement
- Shakespeare
- He desires to make atonement
Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.
- He desires to make atonement
- Bible, Rom. v. 11
Derived terms
- blood atonement
- limited atonement
- vicarious atonement
Translations
amends to restore a damaged relationship
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reconciliation of God and mankind
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See also
- penance, penitance, expiation, reconciliation, conciliation
- Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday)
- adunatio (Church Latin)
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