Meaning of atonement in English
Noun
atonementEtymology
early 16th century (denoting unity or reconciliation, especially between God and man): from at one+ -ment, influenced by medieval Latin adunamentum‘unity’, and earlier onement from an obsolete verb one ‘to unite’Definitions
1. compensation for a wrongExamples
- « we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store »
- 2. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)