expiation

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

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