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Definition of atonement noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

atonement

noun

/əˈtəʊnmənt/

/əˈtəʊnmənt/

[uncountable] (formal)

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the act of showing you are sorry for doing something wrong in the past
- to make atonement for his sins
- Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement
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