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Appeasement vs Atonement - What's the difference?

appeasement | atonement |

As nouns the difference between appeasement and atonement

is that appeasement is the state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace while atonement is a repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.

appeasement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.
  • * 1941: , White House Correspondents' Dinner
    • This decision is the end of any attempts at appeasement in our land; the end of urging us to get along with the dictators, the end of compromise and the forces of oppression.

    Related terms

    () * appease * appeaser

    atonement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
  • The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

    • Derived terms

    * blood atonement * limited atonement * vicarious atonement

    See also

    * penance, expiation * Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday) * adunatio * (pedia) English words prefixed with at-