atonement

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“Our strategists decided to go for a number which was large enough to make the apology meaningful as atonement,” Tamaki said.

From Washington Post

She also advocated that the federal government pay massive financial reparations to Black Americans as atonement for centuries of slavery and discrimination.

From Seattle Times

Thirty-five years after they won that apology — and survivors of prison camps received $20,000 each— those advocates are now demanding atonement for Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved.

From Seattle Times

As papal trips to the church’s far corners have become more commonplace, Francis’ own travels abroad, often in pursuit of interfaith dialogue or atonement for the churches sins, have often failed to draw massive crowds.

From New York Times

“We can say it’s a form of atonement,” Feodoroff says, almost whispering, at the top of the second act.

From Washington Post