n.

1. 補償；贖罪[U]
   The criminal reformed and promised atonement for his acts.

   那罪犯改過自新，保證贖自己的罪過。

2. 【廢】和解；協調[U]
3. （常大寫）（耶穌的苦難和死促成的）上帝與人的和好[the S]

n.

1. reparation for a wrong or injury.
2. (the Atonement) Christian Theology  the reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus Christ.