Definition of Atoniment
A*tone"ment (&?;), n. 1.
(Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of
friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic]
By whom we have now received the atonement.
Rom. v. 11.
He desires to make atonement
Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.
Shak.
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.
When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best
atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.
Spectator.
The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were
thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former
offense.
Potter.
A*tone"ment, n. -- Day of
Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of
the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month
(Tisri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi.
A*tone"ment, n. -- Day of
Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of
the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month
(Tisri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- repairs done for the sake of a damaged relationship
- (theology) the Atonement: the death of Jesus seen as reconciling God and mankind
- penance
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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