单词 | atonement |
释义 | atonement /euh tohn"meuhnt/, n. 1. satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends. 2. (sometimes cap.) Theol. the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and humankind, esp. as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ. 3. Christian Science. the experience of humankind's unity with God exemplified by Jesus Christ. 4. Archaic. reconciliation; agreement. [1505-15; from phrase at one in harmony + -MENT, as trans. of ML adunamentum; cf. ME onement unity] |
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