atonement

English

Etymology

Perhaps from atone +‎ -ment; however, the noun is found earlier than the verb (atone); and in this light, the proper etymology is at +‎ onement.

Noun

atonement (plural atonements)

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

Translations

repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship

• Bulgarian: изкупване (bg) (izkupvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 補償 (cmn), 贖罪 (cmn)

• Czech: odčinění (cs) n
• Dutch: herstel (nl) n
• Finnish: hyvitys (fi), sovitus (fi)
• German: Wiedergutmachung (de) f

• Italian: riconciliazione (it) f, ammenda (it), riparazione (it), redenzione (it) f
• Polish: pokuta (pl) f
• Russian: примирение (ru) (primirénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: rèite (gd) f
• Spanish: desagravio (es) m
• Turkish: tazminat (tr), telafi (tr)

reconciliation of God and mankind

• Arabic: كفارة (ar) (kaffaara) f
• Bulgarian: изкупление (bg) (izkuplenie)
• Czech: vykoupení (cs) n
• Dutch: boetedoening (nl) f
• Finnish: sovitus (fi)
• French: expiation (fr) f, réparation (fr) f
• German: Buße (de) f, Sühne (de) f

• Italian: espiazione (it) f, riparazione (it) f, redenzione (it) f
• Romanian: ispasire (ro) f
• Russian: искупление (ru) (iskuplénije) n, расплата (ru) (raspláta) f
• Scottish Gaelic: saorsa (gd) f
• Spanish: expiación (es) f
• Turkish: kefaret (tr)
• Welsh: iawn (cy) m

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: redenzione riparazione f
• Dutch: herstel n
• Latin: adunatio f

Related terms

• atone

See also

• penance, expiation
• Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday)
• adunatio (Ecclesiastical Latin)
• Atonement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia