Atonement

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1. Noun

Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
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