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“atonement” in Latin
satisfactiōthe giving of security or bail; satisfaction (for an offence); reparation, amends; excuse, apology, pleapoenapenalty, punishment; hardship, torment; executionpiāculumpropitiatory sacrifice, expiation, atonement; an animal offered up in sacrifice, a victim; sin, crime, guiltplācāmentuma means of pacifyingplācātiōappeasementgrātiagrace; thankfulness; thanks (see grātiās agō, grātiās habeō)expiōto make amends or atonement for a crime or a criminal; atone for, expiate, purge by sacrifice; repair, appease; to punisluōto let go, set free; to atone for; to pay (a debt)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
atonement
satisfactio (satisfaction for an injury: e.g., for killing a person): poena (genaral term for punishment): piaculum (in religious matters): placamentum (that by which atonement is made). A sacrifice of atonement, mors qua numen placatur or expiatur. To require atonement from anybody, piaculum ab aliquo exigere. To make atonement for anything, aliquid expiare, luere. [Vid: ATONE]
Reconciliation, etc., placatio (act of appeasing): reconciliatio concordiae or gratiae (reconciliation): reditus in gratiam. To make atonement between persons, aliquem alicui or in aliquem placare: aliquem cum aliquo reconciliare: aliquem or alicujus animum alicui reconciliare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for atonement?
- The usual Latin words for “atonement” are satisfactiō, poena, piāculum; also plācāmentum, plācātiō, grātia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.