atonement
/əˈtəʊnmənt/noun
mass noun
1- reparation for a wrong or injury（对过失或伤害的）弥补：
he submitted his resignation as an act of atonement.
他递交辞呈作为补过。
1.1
- Religion reparation or expiation for sin【宗】赎罪：
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。
1.2
the Atonement
Christian Theology the reconciliation of God and mankind through Jesus Christ【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。
词源
early 16th cent. （denoting unity or reconciliation， especially between God and man）： from at one + -MENT, influenced by medieval Latin adunamentum 'unity'， and earlier onement from an obsolete verb one 'to unite'.