English
Noun
en-noun
- A repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
- theology the Atonement: The death of Jesus seen as reconcile|reconciling God and humankind.
- (root meaning) To reconcile or set at one; the recovering of at-one-ment, not the state of at-one-ment.
- theology In A Course in Miracles, atonement is recognizing the fact that God and mankind have never been separated.
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Synonyms
penance
Translations
Finnish: sovitus (1,2), hyvitys (1)
Italian: riparazione f
German: Sühne
Dutch: Boetedoening
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Derived terms
atone
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