atonement

Roget category 952

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions

#952. Atonement

noun

atonement, reparation — compromise, composition — compensation etc. 30 — quittance, quits — expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation — indemnification, redress.
amends, apology, amende honorable^†, satisfaction — peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering — scapegoat, sacrifice.
penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration^† — purgation, purgatory.

verb

atone, atone for — expiate — propitiate — make amends, make good — reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt.
set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up — pay the forfeit, pay the penalty.
apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable [Fr.], give satisfaction — come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.

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