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atonement

noun as in compensation

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“Blitz” is Durran’s fourth collaboration with Ronan across 17 years since they first worked together on “Atonement.”

It does not cost anything, just a public act of atonement for past sins.

From BBC

Kalyan is also performing what he called 11 days of atonement rituals to rectify the "great injustice".

From BBC

A gifted cinematic presence since her Oscar-nominated “Atonement” debut at age 12, Saoirse Ronan has played everything from a young assassin raised among wolves in “Hanna” to a resident of “Grand Budapest Hotel’s” imaginary Zubrowka.

He’s continued to use this language that evokes the theological logic of substitutionary atonement, where he bravely offers himself to be sacrificed on behalf of his followers.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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