atonement

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

atonement (countable and uncountable, plural atonements)

1. Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
   • Spectator

     When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.

   • Potter

     The Phocians behaved with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.

2. (theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
3. (archaic) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.
   • Bible, Rom. v. 11

     by whom we have now received the atonement

   • Shakespeare

     He desires to make atonement
     Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.

Derived terms

• blood atonement
• limited atonement
• vicarious atonement

Translations

amends to restore a damaged relationship

• Bulgarian: изкупване (bg) (izkupvane)
• Catalan: expiació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 補償／补偿 (zh) (bǔcháng), 贖罪／赎罪 (zh) (shúzuì)

• Czech: odčinění n, udobření n, náprava (cs) f, usmíření n
• Dutch: herstel (nl) n
• Finnish: hyvitys (fi), sovitus (fi)
• French: propitiation (fr) f
• German: Wiedergutmachung (de) f, Versöhnung (de) f, Sühneopfer n, Ersatz (de) m
• Greek: επανόρθωση (el) f (epanórthosi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: kiengesztelés
• Italian: riconciliazione f, ammenda (it), riparazione (it), redenzione (it) f
• Polish: pokuta (pl) f
• Portuguese: reconciliação (pt) f
• Romanian: răscumpărare (ro) f, reconciliere (ro) f, remușcare (ro) f
• Russian: примире́ние (ru) n (primirénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: rèite f
• Serbo-Croatian: pomirenje (sh) n, pomirba (sh) f
• Spanish: desagravio (es) m
• Turkish: tazminat (tr), telafi (tr)

reconciliation of God and mankind

• Arabic: كَفَّارَة f (kaffāra)
• Armenian: քավություն (hy) (kʻavutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: изкупление (bg) (izkuplenie)
• Catalan: redempció f
• Czech: vykoupení n
• Dutch: boetedoening (nl) f
• Finnish: sovitus (fi)
• French: expiation (fr) f, réparation (fr) f, réconciliation (fr) f
• German: Buße (de) f, Sühne (de) f, Wiedergutmachung (de) f, Sühnung f, Entsühnung f
• Greek: εξιλέωση (el) f (exiléosi)
• Hebrew: כיפור
• Hungarian: engesztelés
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: espiazione (it) f, riparazione (it) f, redenzione (it) f
• Latin: luella f
• Persian: کفاره (fa) (kaffâre)
• Portuguese: expiação (pt)
• Romanian: expiere (ro) f, ispășire (ro) f, expiație (ro) f, căință (ro) f
• Russian: искупле́ние (ru) n (iskuplénije), распла́та (ru) f (raspláta)
• Scottish Gaelic: saorsa f
• Serbo-Croatian: iskupljenje n
• Spanish: expiación (es) f
• Turkish: kefaret (tr)
• Welsh: iawn (cy) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} herstel (nl) n
• (deprecated template usage) Italian: redenzione riparazione f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} adunatio f

See also

• penance, penitance, expiation, reconciliation, conciliation
• Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday)
• adunatio (Church Latin)
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