Definitions
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“by whom we have now received the atonement”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Moral repair”9 letters
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