atonements
Making wrongs right
Atonements is the plural of atonement—acts meant to make amends for wrongdoing or offense.
The word carries religious weight, referring to reconciliation between humans and God, as in the Jewish Day of Atonement.
More broadly, any serious effort to repair harm: His charitable work felt like atonements for years of neglect.
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
contrition · confession · forgiveness · salvation · purification · sacrifice · reconciliation · Yom Kippur
Expressions of regret
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
making up · compensation · forgiveness · healing · restoration · regret · acknowledgment · accountability
Compensation for historical wrongs
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- damagesCompensation for injury
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
sentencing · community service · restorative justice · penalties · fines · victim compensation · plea agreements · rehabilitation
repentance
Remorseful rejection of past wrongs
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
absolution · contrition · confession · forgiveness · salvation · purification · sacrifice · reconciliation · Yom Kippur · sin offerings
apologies
Expressions of regret
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- reparationsCompensation for historical wrongs
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
reconciliation · making up · compensation · forgiveness · healing · restoration · regret · acknowledgment · accountability · gestures
reparations
Compensation for historical wrongs
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- damagesCompensation for injury
settlement · sentencing · community service · restorative justice · penalties · fines · victim compensation · plea agreements · rehabilitation · probation
atonementsdenials
Refusals to acknowledge
evasions · cover-ups · unrepentance · impenitence · blame-shifting
atonementssins
Violations of moral law
transgressions · damnation · condemnation · sacrilege · blasphemies
atonementsoffenses
Violations of law or rules
wrongs · injuries · betrayals · violations · aggressions
- Day of AtonementSolemn Jewish repentance observance
- atonement theologyDoctrine of reconciliation with God