noun · countable / uncountable · rare

atonement

atonement · atonements

спокута

примирение, расплата, искупление

Wiedergutmachung, Sühne, Ersatz, Versöhnung

Making amends to restore a damaged relationshipMaking amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

/əˈtoʊnmənt/

» Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.

Страдание принять и искупить себя им, вот что надо.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.
Wiedergutmachung, Sühneleistung, Sühne
примире́ниеprimirénije
споку́таspokúta
(countable, often, uncountable)The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
Buße, Sühne, Wiedergutmachung
искупле́ниеiskuplénije, распла́таraspláta
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.

More definitions

compensation for a wrong
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

Examples

1 sentences

Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.
ruСтрадание принять и искупить себя им, вот что надо.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

amends to restore a damaged relationship:

Русский

By meaning 2

amends to restore a damaged relationship:

reconciliation of God and mankind:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

amends to restore a damaged relationship:

reconciliation of God and mankind:

Origin

Perhaps from atone + -ment as translation of Medieval Latin adūnāmentum; however, the noun

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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