atonement

Noun
  1. 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 injury
    synonym: expiation, satisfaction
  2. 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 evil
    hyponym: amends, reparation - something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
    synonym: expiation, propitiation

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