atoned
Settled a debt
Atoned is the past tense of atone, meaning to make amends for wrongdoing or sin.
The word carries a sense of repairing moral damage through action, sacrifice, or suffering: He atoned for his betrayal by dedicating years to helping the family he'd wronged.
Religious contexts speak of atonement as reconciliation with God.
Compensation for wrongdoing
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
conciliation · healing · mending · bridge-building · renewal · restoration · compensation · redress
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- regretSorrow over past actions
- shamePainful awareness of failure
self-reproach · compunction · culpability · self-condemnation · sorrow · confession · accountability · responsibility
Deliberate food avoidance
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- sackclothCoarse fabric for penance
- self-punishmentHurting oneself for wrongdoing
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
chastisement · flagellation · hairshirt · sacrifice · prostration · pilgrimage · vigil · almsgiving
Official release from punishment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
amnesty · reprieve · compassion · leniency · indulgence · condonation · acquittal · discharge
Deliverance from harm
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
recovery · rescue · cleansing · sanctification · grace · transformation · rebirth · second-chance
amends
Compensation for wrongdoing
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
resolution · conciliation · healing · mending · bridge-building · renewal · restoration · compensation · redress · apology
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- regretSorrow over past actions
shame · self-reproach · compunction · culpability · self-condemnation · sorrow · confession · accountability · responsibility · mea culpa
fasting
Deliberate food avoidance
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- sackclothCoarse fabric for penance
- self-punishmentHurting oneself for wrongdoing
purification · chastisement · flagellation · hairshirt · sacrifice · prostration · pilgrimage · vigil · almsgiving · self-denial
pardon
Official release from punishment
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
exoneration · amnesty · reprieve · compassion · leniency · indulgence · condonation · acquittal · discharge · remission
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- liberationRelease from constraint
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
reformation · recovery · rescue · cleansing · sanctification · grace · transformation · rebirth · second-chance · restoration
- redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
atonedunatoned
Not made amends for
unforgiven · unreconciled · unredeemed · unabsolved · guilty
atonedoffended
Feeling hurt or disrespected
sinned · transgressed · wronged · trespassed · erred
- Day of AtonementSolemn Jewish repentance observance
- atonement theologyDoctrine of reconciliation with God
- atonal musicMusic without key
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