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atonement

English

  1. 🔊 compensation for a wrong
    “we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store”
  2. 🔊 the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

Similar words

expiation propitiation expiation satisfaction amends appeasement balancing blood money commutation compensation consideration counteraction counterbalancing damages expiation guerdon honorarium indemnification indemnity lex talionis making good meed offsetting paying back