atonement
11atonement — /euh tohn meuhnt/, n. 1. satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends. 2. (sometimes cap.) Theol. the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and humankind, esp. as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ.… …
12Atonement — This word does not occur in the Authorized Version of the New Testament except in Rom. 5:11, where in the Revised Version the word reconciliation is used. In the Old Testament it is of frequent occurrence. The meaning of the word is simply… …
13atonement — The word atonement is derived from at onement and thus refers to the state of being at one with something. The Christian doctrine of the atonement is that Jesus Christ provides for human beings the means to be made one with or reconciled to… …
14atonement — Sin [[➝ sin]] destroys the relationship between God and people, and atonement is the means by which a reconciliation is effected. In the OT, sacrifices and offerings [[➝ offering, sin]] are prescribed and were well developed in the post exilic… …
15Atonement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Atonement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 atonement atonement reparation Sgm: N 1 compromise compromise composition Sgm: N 1 compensation compensation &c. 30 Sgm: N 1 quittance quittance quits …
16Atonement — Reviens moi Reviens moi Titre original Atonement Titre québécois Expiation Réalisation Joe Wright Acteurs principaux James McAvoy Keira Knightley Saoirse Ronan Romola Garai Scénario Christopher Hampton d après …
17atonement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making amends Nouns 1. (act of atoning) atonement, reparation; compensation, quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, propitiation. See penitence, asceticism. 2. (sign of atonement) amends,… …
18atonement — [[t]əto͟ʊnmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N for n If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry. [FORMAL] He s living in a monastery in a gesture of atonement for human rights abuses committed under… …
19atonement — n. to make atonement for * * * [ə təʊnmənt] to make atonement for …
20atonement — a|tone|ment [əˈtəunmənt US əˈtoun ] n [singular, U] formal something you do to show that you are sorry for having done something wrong atonement for ▪ The priest is a representative of his people, making atonement for their sin …
