Noun atonement has 2 senses
  1. atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
    --1 is a kind of damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
    Derived form: verb atone1
  2. expiation, atonement, propitiation - the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
    --2 is a kind of redemption, salvation
    --2 has particulars: reparation, amends
    Derived form: verb atone2
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