atonement

noun

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.

1. 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.”

2. The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
3. 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.”