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atonement

noun
/əˈtoʊnmənt/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from atone
  2. suffixed as atonement — “atone + ment”

Definitions

  1. Making amends to restore a damaged relationship

    Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

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

  2. The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

  3. Reconciliation

    Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.

    • by whom we have now received the atonement
    • He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.

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Derived

antiatonement, blood atonement, limited atonement, nonatonement, substitutionary atonement, vicarious atonement

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at atonement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01atonement02amends03amend04improve05better06well07satisfactorily08satisfactory

A definitional loop anchored at atonement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at atonement

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA