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Meaning of 'atonement'
Meaning of 'atonement' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Atonement 
[ 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.
Meaning of 'atonement' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. atonement [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- compensation for a wrong
- compensation for a wrong
Example in sentence:
- we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store
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