Noun
- 1. atonement, expiation, satisfaction, damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
- usage: compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
- 2. expiation, atonement, propitiation, redemption, salvation
- usage: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
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