Meaning of atonement in English
(Definition of atonement from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of atonement
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We can do so by exploring a little more closely the sort of atonement relevant in the case of a failure merely in intention.
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So there is no need for additional reparation, and the satisfaction theory of the atonement is otiose.
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Seymour cannot escape the need for a vicarious atonement in order to meet the demands of justice.
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In this conceptualisation, the purge acted as a means of atonement that would redeem not only the transgressor but the entire community.
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It can be situated within a romantic sensibility of landscape and represents a qualitative consciousness of atonement and reconciliation of architecture with the land.
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For perfect removal of guilt, the wrongdoer must make atonement and be forgiven by the victim.
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Perhaps the only atonement or amends to the victims is this commitment and assurance.
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Its traditional stress on biblical authority and substitutionary atonement did not slacken.
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I shall label this alternative theory the merit theory of the atonement.
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If we choose not to make atonement for hurting others in the only relevant way - namely directly to them - we must live with this failure.
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If atonement could not blot out the feeling of guilt, forgetfulness might.
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Inevitably, the day of national atonement always provides a foil for the day of national joy, and vice versa.
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The thesis that moral faith must take precedence over the historical knowledge of the atonement emphasizes that which is in our power.
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From eternity, in effect, the demands of justice have been met without the need for a vicarious atonement.
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Through penance comes redemption, but without atonement the relationships will always be skewed.
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