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atonement
[ uh-tohn-muhnt ]
noun
- satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) Theology. the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and humankind, especially as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ.
- Christian Science. the experience of humankind's unity with God exemplified by Jesus Christ.
- Archaic. reconciliation; agreement.
atonement
/ əˈəʊԳəԳ /
noun
- satisfaction, reparation, or expiation given for an injury or wrong
- often capital Christian theol
- the reconciliation of man with God through the life, sufferings, and sacrificial death of Christ
- the sufferings and death of Christ
- Christian Science the state in which the attributes of God are exemplified in man
- obsolete.reconciliation or agreement
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of atonement1
First recorded in 1505–15; from phrase at one, at oon “in harmony” + -ment, as translation of Medieval Latin ū峾Գٳܳ; compare Middle English onement вԾٲ”
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of atonement1
C16: from Middle English phrase at onement in harmony
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“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said.
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It does not cost anything, just a public act of atonement for past sins.
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Kalyan is also performing what he called 11 days of atonement rituals to rectify the "great injustice".
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He’s continued to use this language that evokes the theological logic of substitutionary atonement, where he bravely offers himself to be sacrificed on behalf of his followers.
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So, too, will Germany, whose support for Israel, rooted in atonement for the Holocaust, is second only to that of the United States.
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