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   a·tone·ment

   /əˈtōnm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. reparation for a wrong or injury: "she wanted to make atonement for her husband's behavior"
   • ▪ (in religious contexts) reparation or expiation for sin: "an annual ceremony of confession and atonement for sin"
   • ▪ the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ.

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting unity or reconciliation, especially between God and man): from at one + -ment, influenced by medieval Latin adunamentum ‘unity’, and earlier onement from an obsolete verb one ‘to unite’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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