ATONEMENT Synonyms

• the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity

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

• the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

• state of being gratified or satisfied

• compensation for a wrong

• (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation

• act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• protection against future loss

• legal exemption from liability for damages

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• remorse for your past conduct

• a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

• voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

• the reestablishing of cordial relations

• getting two things to correspond

• (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

• repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

• the act of purchasing back something previously sold

• compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

• (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

• the act of putting something in working order again

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• the act of restoring something to its original state

• getting something back again