Synonym: expiation, propitiation, satisfaction. Similar words: postponement, confinement, commencement, enticement, unemployment, comment on, element, clement. Meaning: [-mənt] 
n. 1. compensation for a wrong 2. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).
n. 1. compensation for a wrong 2. the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity). 61. First He has given us the days of Awe and the Day of Atonement (I am writing this on Yom Kippur) as a way to cleanse our palate from the bitterness of past and current circumstances.
62. They is still trying to make some sort of atonement and reparation.
63. Traditionally, only once a year, on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), could the high priest enter the fearsome Most Holy Place.
64. There you will stay for timeless healing, for rest, atonement, forgiveness and understanding of self.
More similar words: postponement, confinement, commencement, enticement, unemployment, comment on, element, clement, elements, vehement, amusement, increment, basement, movement, abasement, implement, amazement, placement, statement, agreement, enforcement, excitement, retirement, elementary, effacement, incremental, management, settlement, engagement, astonishment.