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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation |
| Synonyms: | apology, atonement, expiation, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, redress, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, restoration, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | offering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | donation |
| Synonyms: | alms, atonement, bene-faction, beneficence, charity, contribution, expiation, gift, oblation, present, sacrifice, subscription |
| Antonyms: | withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | penance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reparation for wrong |
| Synonyms: | absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, purgation, remorse, remorsefulness, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift, sorrow, suffering |
| Main Entry: | purification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freeing, cleansing |
| Synonyms: | ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, lustration, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing |
| Antonyms: | adulteration, corruption, dirtying, pollution |
| Main Entry: | ransom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blackmail money paid for return of possession or person |
| Synonyms: | bribe, compensation, deliverance, expiation, liberation money, payment, payoff, price, redemption, release, rescue |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something returned, paid back |
| Synonyms: | amends, atonement, bus fare, compensation, cue, damages, emolument, expiation, gravy, indemnification, indemnity, overcompensation, pay, payment, propitiation, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redemption, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retrieval, retrievement, return, reward, salvo, satisfaction, solatium, sweetener, tip, wages |
| Antonyms: | take |
| Main Entry: | reparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation, amends |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, apology, atonement, damages, dues, emolument, expiation, indemnification, indemnity, making good, payment, penance, propitiation, quittance, recompense, redemption, redress, remuneration, renewal, repair, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, reward, satisfaction, settlement, squaring things |
| Antonyms: | extortion, penalty, theft |
| Main Entry: | lustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | purification |
| Synonyms: | ablution, absolution, atonement, baptism, bathing, catharsis, depuration, disinfection, distillation, expiation, expurgation, forgiveness, grace, lavation, laving, purgation, purge, purifying, rarefaction, rebirth, redemption, refinement, regeneration, salvation, sanctification, washing |
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| Main Entry: | atonement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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absolvable, compensatory, composing, conciliatory, expiatory, munerary, pacified, piacular, piaculous, placatory, premial, propitiatory, remunerative, remuneratory, reparatory, retributive, sacrificial, sacrificiatory
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