atonement
IPA: ʌtˈoʊnmʌnt
noun
- Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
- (theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
- (archaic) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.
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Examples of "atonement" in Sentences
- The miter denoted atonement for pride.
- Christ made the atonement on the Cross.
- The atonement is necessary for the rest of us.
- The doctrine of atonement is of heathen origin.
- St. Anselm links the atonement and the incarnation.
- It was in a Sabbatical Year on the day of Atonement.
- Anselm himself went on to explicate the satisfaction view of atonement.