Found 3 items, similar to atonement.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: atonement tobat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: atonement atonement n 1: compensation for a wrong; “we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store” [syn: expiation, satisfaction] 2: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) [syn: expiation, propitiation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Atonement Atonement \A*tone"ment\, n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] By whom we have now received the atonement. --Rom. v. 11. [1913 Webster] He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others. --Spectator. [1913 Webster] The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense. --Potter. [1913 Webster] Day of Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Also called Yom Kippur. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]