atonement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation. countable,uncountable
    — When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.
  2. The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus. countable,often,uncountable
  3. Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — by whom we have now received the atonement

词形变化

atonements plural

词汇关系

近义词
assyth atonement compensation expiation indemnification piation propitiation refaction
反义词
nonatonement
上位词
restitution
下位词
penance satispassion
衍生词
antiatonement blood atonement limited atonement nonatonement substitutionary atonement vicarious atonement
相关词
penance penitance expiation reconciliation conciliation Yom Kippur adunatio atone guilt

词源

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.
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