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AtonementAtonement 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. Atrium A"tri*um, n. (Anat.)
A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial
cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the
infundibula of the lungs, etc. Atonement
Atonement 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.
Meaning of Atonement from wikipedia
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