reparation for a wrong or injury
(对过失或伤害的)弥补
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he submitted his resignation as an act of atonement .他递交辞呈作为补过。
【宗】 赎罪
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the High Priest offered the sacrifice as atonement for all the sins of Israel .大祭司设供为以色列赎罪。
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【基督教神学】 (通过耶稣基督的苦难和死促成的)上帝与人的和好。–ORIGN early 16th cent. (denoting unity or reconciliation, especially between God and man): from <Italic>at one</Italic> + <Bold>-MENT</Bold>, influenced by medieval Latin <Italic>adunamentum</Italic> ‘unity’, and earlier <Italic>onement</Italic> from an obsolete verb <Italic>one</Italic> ‘to unite’.