atonement
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“I understand that meaningful atonement is not achieved through an exhibition, institutional recognition or a single public gesture,” Galliano said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But the debate has intensified in recent years, particularly after some nations and businesses which historically profited from African slave labour formally apologised and announced measures of atonement.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
For all his personal failings, Bill Clinton has always clung to the promise of forgiveness and the process of atonement.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025
He would release them, and shoulder the blame as atonement.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025
The problem these fifty-nine years has been this: how can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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