Associations to the word «Atonement»

Wiktionary

ATONEMENT, noun. A repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
ATONEMENT, noun. (theology) (often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

Dictionary definition

ATONEMENT, noun. Compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store".
ATONEMENT, noun. The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King