atonement
pronunciation
How to pronounce atonement in British English:
UK [ə'təʊnmənt]
How to pronounce atonement in American English:
US [əˈtonmənt]
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- Noun:
- compensation for a wrong
- the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
Word Origin
- atonement (n.)
- 1510s, "condition of being at one (with others)," from atone + -ment. Meaning "reconciliation" (especially of sinners with God) is from 1520s; that of "propitiation of an offended party" is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. What has been done today was commanded by the lord to make atonement for you .
- 2. I had to go up the mountain to see if I could make atonement for their sins .
- 3. I had the sense that he sought some kind of atonement for the things he had done , but also wanted my understanding .
- 4. Over the past year , families of deceased patients have forced doctors to don mourning clothes as a sign of atonement for poor care , and organized protests to bar hospital entrances .
- 5. For professional war artist matthew cook , being asked to do sketches on the set of atonement was , to say the least , a novel experience .