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Noun atonement has 2 senses
- atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
--1 is a kind of damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
- expiation, atonement, propitiation - the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
--2 is a kind of redemption, salvation
--2 has particulars: reparation, amends
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