ATONEMENT


Meaning of ATONEMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əˈtəunmənt ]

n. 1 expiation; reparation for a wrong or injury. 2 the reconciliation of God and man. øthe Atonement the expiation by Christ of mankind's sin. Day of Atonement the most solemn religious fast of the Jewish year, eight days after the Jewish New Year. [at one + -MENT, after med.L adunamentum and earlier onement f. obs. one (v.) unite]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.