as in reparation
an act taken in order to redeem oneself
He resolved to make atonement to those he had wronged by doing good deeds for them.
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Recent Examples of atonement
Speaking with Kandi Burruss on The Morning Hustle, the two reflected on the moment they were pulled to the side for the Brooklyn rapper’s atonement.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
The grieving faithful joined the procession of mourners that wended from St. Peter’s Square through the basilica’s Holy Door, with the repentant among them winning an indulgence, a form of atonement granted during the Jubilee Holy Year.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
One long-running attempt met a setback on Feb. 21, 2025, when the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an appeals court ruling in favor of survivors seeking atonement from Hungary’s state railways.
—Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Her attendance is part of her atonement to Gary, who wants to meet the tourists his girlfriend hooked up with.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
The grieving faithful joined the procession of mourners that wended from St. Peter’s Square through the basilica’s Holy Door, with the repentant among them winning an indulgence, a form of atonement granted during the Jubilee Holy Year.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
One long-running attempt met a setback on Feb. 21, 2025, when the U.S. Supreme Court threw out an appeals court ruling in favor of survivors seeking atonement from Hungary’s state railways.
—Sarah Federman, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
Her attendance is part of her atonement to Gary, who wants to meet the tourists his girlfriend hooked up with.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atonement
Noun
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According to their models, unless these underlying conditions are addressed, even reparations on a vast scale would offer only temporary relief.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Failure to act could result in large GHG emitting countries owing reparations to smaller countries for the adverse impacts of climate change.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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However, the department has also paused student loan forgiveness under the IBR plan, and has provided no timeline on when loan forgiveness processing will resume.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Current borrowers have another loan forgiveness option (sort of).—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
24 July 2025
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