- Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations;
agreement; concord. - 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.
Meaning of 'Atonement' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . atonement
[ n]
Meaning (1): - compensation for a wrong
Example in sentence:
we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store