atonement

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

atonements

1.
(countable, uncountable)Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.
Đồng nghĩa: compensation, indemnification, propitiation
2.
(countable, often, uncountable)(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
3.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.

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Đồng nghĩa

compensation indemnification propitiation

Cùng gốc / liên quan

antiatonementnonatonementblood atonementlimited atonementvicarious atonementsubstitutionary atonementpenancepenitanceexpiation reconciliationconciliationYom Kippuradunatiopenance, penitance, expiation, reconciliation, conciliationYom Kippur Jewish holidayadunatio Church Latingeneral atonementunlimited atonement

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Nguồn gốc từ

Perhaps from atone + -ment as translation of Medieval Latin adūnāmentum; however, the noun is found earlier than the verb (atone); and in this light, the proper etymology is at + onement.