Atonement

//əˈtoʊnmənt//

Synonyms for "atonement" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

expiation amends apology appeasement balancing blood money christ commutation compensation

Noun(5 words)

propitiation expiation compensation indemnification assyth

Strong matches (19)

composition compromise consideration counteraction counterbalancing damages guerdon honorarium indemnification indemnity lex talionis making good measure for measure meed offsetting paying back payment peace offering penance

Related words (33)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

8 entries

amends damages indemnification indemnity redemption redress restitution salvation

More specific

2 entries

penance satispassion

Synonyms

1 entries

expiation

Related terms

9 entries

Yom Kippur adunatio atone conciliation expiation guilt penance penitance reconciliation

derived

6 entries

antiatonement blood atonement limited atonement nonatonement substitutionary atonement vicarious atonement

derived from

3 entries

at atone onement

etymologically related_to

1 entries

atone

has context

1 entries

theology

is a

2 entries

book damages

related to

14 entries

adunatio amends concord damage expiation friendly god jesus mankind penance reconciliation relationship restoration yom kippur

similar

1 entries

expiation

Translations

84 translations across 32 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

كَفَّارَة noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Armenian

1 entries

քավություն noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Bulgarian

2 entries

изкупване noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
изкупление noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Catalan

2 entries

expiació noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
redempció noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

補償 /补偿 noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
贖罪 /赎罪 noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Czech

4 entries

náprava noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
odčinění noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
udobření noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
usmíření noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Dutch

3 entries

boetedoening noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
herstel noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
verzoening noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Finnish

3 entries

hyvitys noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
sovitus noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
sovitus noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

French

4 entries

expiation noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
propitiation noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
réconciliation noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
réparation noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

German

4 entries

Buße noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
Entsühnung noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
Ersatz noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
Sühne noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Greek

2 entries

εξιλέωση noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
επανόρθωση noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Hebrew

1 entries

כיפור noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Hungarian

2 entries

engesztelés noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
kiengesztelés noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Italian

4 entries

ammenda noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
espiazione noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
redenzione noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
redenzione noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Japanese

3 entries

償い noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
贖い noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
贖罪 noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Kazakh

3 entries

татуластыру noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
төлеу noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
өтелу noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Latin

1 entries

luella noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Macedonian

2 entries

искупу́вање noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
помиру́вање noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Malayalam

1 entries

പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Persian

1 entries

کفاره noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Polish

1 entries

pokuta noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Portuguese

2 entries

expiação noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
reconciliação noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Romanian

4 entries

căință noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
expiație noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
expiere noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
ispășire noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Russian

3 entries

искупле́ние noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
примире́ние noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
распла́та noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Sanskrit

1 entries

प्रायश्चित्त noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

rèite noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
saorsa noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

iskupljenje noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
pomirba noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
pomirenje noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Spanish

2 entries

desagravio noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
expiación noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Swedish

3 entries

försoning noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
försoning noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
gottgörelse noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Turkish

3 entries

kefaret noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)
tazminat noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)
telafi noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Ukrainian

1 entries

споку́та noun (amends to restore a damaged relationship)

Welsh

1 entries

iawn noun (reconciliation of God and mankind)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.

Source: tatoeba (918763)

When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

by whom we have now received the atonement

Source: wiktionary

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