When you apologize for doing something wrong, that’s an act of atonement. Many religions have rituals of atonement, such as Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, on which people of the Jewish faith repent for their sins.
(Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.
Noun
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
Noun
compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
n.
Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations;
agreement; concord.
n.
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.
Atonement
By whom we have now received the atonement.
He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.2.
When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.
The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.
(Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.
Usage Examples
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow.
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.
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