atonement
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- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 9
Definition of atonement
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
“When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.”
“1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.
“When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.”
“1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.”
- (countable, often, uncountable)The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable)Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.
“by whom we have now received the atonement”
“He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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.
Words you can make from atonement
142 playable · top: ANEMONE (9 pts)
Best play anemone 9 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
26 words- AMENT 7 pts
- EMOTE 7 pts
- ENEMA 7 pts
- MATTE 7 pts
- MEANT 7 pts
- MENTA 7 pts
- MENTO 7 pts
- MONTE 7 pts
- MOTET 7 pts
- MOTTE 7 pts
- NOMEN 7 pts
- TOMAN 7 pts
- TOTEM 7 pts
- ANENT 5 pts
- ATONE 5 pts
- EATEN 5 pts
- ENATE 5 pts
- NATTO 5 pts
- NONET 5 pts
- OATEN 5 pts
- TANTO 5 pts
- TENET 5 pts
- TENNE 5 pts
- TENNO 5 pts
- TENON 5 pts
- TONNE 5 pts
4-letter words
46 words- AMEN 6 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- MANE 6 pts
- MANO 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MATT 6 pts
- MEAN 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MEET 6 pts
- MENO 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- METE 6 pts
- MOAN 6 pts
- MOAT 6 pts
- MOTE 6 pts
- MOTT 6 pts
- NAME 6 pts
- NEEM 6 pts
- NEMA 6 pts
- NOMA 6 pts
- NOME 6 pts
- OMEN 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TEEM 6 pts
- TOME 6 pts
- AEON 4 pts
- ANON 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NANO 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NENE 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NONA 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NOTA 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TONE 4 pts
- TOTE 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- EME 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MON 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NOM 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EON 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NAN 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TOT 3 pts
2-letter words
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