atonement
Noun
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Compensation for a wrong (synset 113313810)
"we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"hypernym: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injurysynonym: expiation, satisfaction
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The act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) (synset 100095941)
hypernym: redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evilhyponym: amends, reparation - something done or paid in expiation of a wrongsynonym: expiation, propitiation
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