atonement
/əˈtoʊnmənt/
atonement noun: making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
Noun
atonement (countable and uncountable, plural atonements)
- Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
- When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.1711 March 19 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, March 9, 1710–1711”, in The Spectator, number 8; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...
- The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca
- Synonyms:
- compensation, indemnification
- The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
- Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.
- by whom we have now received the atonement1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 5:11
- He desires to make atonement
Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
atonement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
atonement in Hindi
- प्रायश्चित
atonement in Tamil
- கழுவாய், பரிகாரம், நிவர்த்தி, ஈடு, விமோசனம்
atonement in Urdu
- اصلاح, صفائی, فدیہ, کفارہ
atonement in Bengali
- atonement, expiation
- প্রায়শ্চিত্ত praẏościtto
More languagesFewer languages
- atonement in Malayalam
- പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം prāyaścittaṁ
- atonement in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತಂ
- atonement in Gujarati
- પ્રાયશ્ચિત
- atonement in Sanskrit
- प्रायश्चित्त prāyaścitta
- atonement in Nepali
- प्रायश्चित
- atonement in Arabic
- كَفَّارَة kaffāra
- atonement in Persian
- کفاره kaffâre
Synonyms of atonement
Antonyms
Forms of atonement
| plural | atonements |
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Origin of atonement
Perhaps from atone + -ment as translation of Medieval Latin adūnāmentum; however, the noun is found earlier than the verb (atone); and in this light, the proper etymology is at + onement.
Words formed from atonement
Phrases with atonement
Questions about atonement
- What does atonement mean?
- Atonement means making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
- What is atonement in Hindi?
- Atonement in Hindi is प्रायश्चित. See Atonement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is atonement?
- Atonement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce atonement?
- Atonement is pronounced /əˈtoʊnmənt/.
- What is the plural of atonement?
- The plural of atonement is atonements.
Words near atonement in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: atonement (page history and authors); atonement (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atonement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atonement (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); প্রায়শ্চিত্ত (Bengali) (page history and authors); atonement (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atonement (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); atonement (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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