atonement
atonement is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers. Shak.
- 2.Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ. When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others. Spectator. The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense. Potter.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absolve
- again
- amende
- amends
- and
- apologize
- apology
- ashes
- atone
- back
- beg
- bring
- burnt
- carry
- come
- compensate
- compensation
- composition
- compromise
- conciliation
- disgorge
- down
- expiate
- expiation
- fair
- fall
- flagellation
- for
- forfeit
- get
- getting
- give
- good
- honorable
- house
- indemnification
- indemnify
- let
- lustration
- maceration
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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