atonement

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• /əˈtoʊnmənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 T OW1 N M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Perhaps from atone + -ment as translation of Medieval Latin adūnāmentum; however, the noun is found earlier than the verb (atone); and in this light, the proper etymology is at + onement.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изкупване (izkupvane) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Catalan: expiació — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Chinese Mandarin: 補償 /补偿 (bǔcháng) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Chinese Mandarin: 贖罪 /赎罪 (shúzuì) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Czech: odčinění — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Czech: udobření — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Czech: náprava — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Czech: usmíření — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Dutch: herstel — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Finnish: hyvitys — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Finnish: sovitus — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• French: propitiation — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• German: Wiedergutmachung — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• German: Sühneleistung — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• German: Sühne — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• German: Sühneopfer — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• German: Versöhnung — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• German: Ersatz — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Greek: επανόρθωση (epanórthosi) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Hungarian: kiengesztelés — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Italian: riconciliazione — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Italian: ammenda — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Italian: riparazione — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Italian: redenzione — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Japanese: 償い (tsugunai) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Kazakh: татуластыру (tatulastyru) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Macedonian: помиру́вање (pomirúvanje) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Malayalam: പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം (prāyaścittaṁ) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Polish: pokuta — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Portuguese: reconciliação — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Romanian: răscumpărare — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Romanian: reconciliere — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Romanian: remușcare — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Russian: примире́ние (primirénije) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Sanskrit: प्रायश्चित्त (prāyaścitta) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Scottish Gaelic: rèite — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Serbo-Croatian: pomirenje — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Serbo-Croatian: pomirba — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Spanish: desagravio — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Swedish: gottgörelse — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Swedish: försoning — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Turkish: tazminat — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Turkish: telafi — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Ukrainian: споку́та (spokúta) — amends to restore a damaged relationship
• Arabic: كَفَّارَة (kaffāra) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Armenian: քավություն (kʻavutʻyun) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Bulgarian: изкупление (izkuplenie) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Catalan: redempció — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Czech: vykoupení — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Dutch: boetedoening — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Dutch: verzoening — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Finnish: sovitus — reconciliation of God and mankind
• French: expiation — reconciliation of God and mankind
• French: réparation — reconciliation of God and mankind
• French: réconciliation — reconciliation of God and mankind
• German: Buße — reconciliation of God and mankind
• German: Sühne — reconciliation of God and mankind
• German: Wiedergutmachung — reconciliation of God and mankind
• German: Sühnung — reconciliation of God and mankind
• German: Entsühnung — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Greek: εξιλέωση (exiléosi) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Hebrew: כיפור — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Hungarian: engesztelés — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Italian: espiazione — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Italian: riparazione — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Italian: redenzione — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Japanese: 贖罪 (shokuzai) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Japanese: 贖い (aganai) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Kazakh: өтелу (ötelu) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Kazakh: төлеу (töleu) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Latin: luella — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Macedonian: искупу́вање (iskupúvanje) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Persian: کفاره (kaffâre) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Portuguese: expiação — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Romanian: expiere — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Romanian: ispășire — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Romanian: expiație — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Romanian: căință — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Russian: искупле́ние (iskuplénije) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Russian: распла́та (raspláta) — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Scottish Gaelic: saorsa — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Serbo-Croatian: iskupljenje — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Spanish: expiación — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Swedish: försoning — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Turkish: kefaret — reconciliation of God and mankind
• Welsh: iawn — reconciliation of God and mankind