These sample sentences are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “Atonement.” The opinions expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. Britannica.com: Encyclopedia Article on the Atonement If you have ever tried to repair what you did wrong, you understand the concept of atonement. The idea of atonement extends to all religions, from Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) in Judaism to perhaps the most famous example of atonement, the Christian teaching of Christ dying to absolve the sins of the world. You certainly don`t have to be religious to seek the Atonement. People who commit crimes and even small mistakes seek atonement every day. The act of atonement is a way to atone for something you have done wrong. It was originally used in a religious context, with atonement, because a person could obtain forgiveness from a god. After the incident on the hill, a humiliated Jill atoned for her guilt by buying Jack a brand new crown. The shiny, new crown served as compensation or atonement for the broken. The fact that it cost him so much made the Atonement particularly significant for poor Jack.
Nglish: Translation of atonement for Spanish speakers Latin expiatus, past participle from expiare to atonement, from ex- + piare to sühne to, appease, from pius faithful, fromm. The concepts of the universal Atonement can transcend all religions, such as the unconditional Atonement, the doctrine that the Atonement is unlimited, and universal reconciliation, the doctrine that all will eventually come to salvation. “There will come misfortune to you that you cannot atone for. This disturbing Bible prophecy (Isaiah 47:11) shows that the Atonement was once involved both in confronting the forces of evil and in relieving guilt. The word derives from the Latin expiare (“to expiate”), a combination of ex- and piare, which in turn means “to atone” and “to appease” and dates back to the Latin pius (“pious”). Originally, the Atonement referred to the defense against evil through sacred rites or the use of sacred rites to purify or purify something. At the end of the 16th century, English speakers used it as “putting an end”. These senses are now obsolete and only the senses “extinguish guilt” and “make amends” remain in use. Atonement (also Atonement, Atonement) is the concept of a person who takes steps to correct past wrongdoing on his or her part, either through direct action to reverse the consequences of that action, or through an equivalent action to do good to others, or through another expression of feelings of repentance.
From the Middle English attone or atoon (“agreed”, literally “to one”), which now means to be “one”, in harmony, with someone. [1] The Atonement “is closely associated with forgiveness, reconciliation, sorrow, repentance, repentance, reparation, and guilt.” [2] It can be seen as a necessary step on the way to salvation. [3] The concepts of atonement also exist in other religious views. For example, in Native American and mestizo cultures: “Sin and guilt are among the leading causes of illness and poor adaptation. Confession, atonement, and absolution are rituals commonly used in treatment. In some cases, the Atonement is accomplished through prayer or repentance; In other cases, it may involve cleansing the body by brushing it with sprigs of rosemary or spraying it with holy water. [13] Twelve-step programs include a phase of atonement or reparation (steps 8 and 9). Tobby Fried says this goes hand in hand with restoring what she calls “integrity.” [14] In religion, atonement is “a spiritual concept that has been studied since time immemorial in biblical and Kabbalistic texts,”[2] while “stories of atonement are pervasive in religious discourse and the language of atonement fundamentally reveal a redemptive turn.” [5] In the fairy tale, the baker must atone for his father`s sins by bringing the witch three ingredients for a magic potion: a cow, a cape and a slipper. Atonement means repairing or atoneing for an injustice committed by you or someone else.
around 1500, in the defined transitive sense meaning 2 “Expier”. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expiate. Retrieved 11 October 2022. Theme music by Joshua Stamper 2006©New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP. In legal systems, the concept of atonement plays an important role in relation to criminal justice, where it is considered one of the main objectives of criminal rehabilitation. [4] One philosopher suggested that there should be an “ethics of the Atonement” and that the Atonement is an underrepresented field of study in philosophy and a subject that is treated absurdly in the arts. [3].