different between amends vs atonement

English

Etymology

From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?nds/

Noun

amends

1. plural of amend

Noun

amends

1. Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

Usage notes

• Many consider amends a plural-only noun, but historically and in some current usage the singular appears.
• Most commonly found in to make amends.

Synonyms

• (compensation): reparation, redress, restitution, indemnity

Translations

Verb

amends

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amend

References

• amends at OneLook Dictionary Search
• amends in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Amsden, Edmans, demans, desman, menads

English

Etymology

Perhaps from atone +? -ment as translation of Medieval Latin ad?n?mentum; however, the noun is found earlier than the verb (atone); and in this light, the proper etymology is at +? onement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??to?nm?nt/

Noun

atonement (countable and uncountable, plural atonements)

1. Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

   • When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.

   • 1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca

     The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.

2. (theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
3. (archaic) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.

Derived terms

• blood atonement
• limited atonement
• vicarious atonement

Translations

See also

• penance, penitance, expiation, reconciliation, conciliation
• Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday)
• adunatio (Church Latin)
• atonement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References