English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Result
Result for Atonement
Atonement
(n.)
Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations;
agreement; concord.
Atonement
(n.)
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.