Atonement vs Restitution - What's the difference?
atonement | restitution |
A repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
(legal) A process of compensation for losses.
The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
* Spenser
* Sandys
A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
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That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
(medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.
As nouns the difference between atonement and restitution
is that atonement is a repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship while restitution is a process of compensation for losses.atonement
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(en noun)Derived terms
* blood atonement * limited atonement * vicarious atonementSee also
* penance, expiation * Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday) * adunatio * (pedia) English words prefixed with at-restitution
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(wikipedia restitution)- A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
- He restitution to the value makes.
- the restitution of an elastic body