'''Atonement''' is the satisfacion or payment of a penalty. It can be reparation or making amends. Atonement is often used to mean the reconciliation of [[God]] and [[man]] through the death of [[Jesus Christ]].
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'''Atonement''' is a cover or covering for sin (Hebrew '' kippur; French ''coiffure''; English ''coffer'', ''cover''). The sin or blot can never be removed, it can only covered or atoned for.
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In Christian and Hebrew doctrine atonement is the satisfaction or payment of a penalty. It can be reparation or making amends. Atonement is often used to mean the reconciliation of [[God]] and [[man]] through the death of [[Jesus Christ]].