atonement

Example Sentences

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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

The novel explores themes of ancestral sin and atonement against the backdrop of the forests, which stand as silent witnesses to human crimes enacted on a global scale.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Nesbø specializes in the psychological turf between good and evil, success and failure, violence and atonement.

From The Wall Street Journal

For all his personal failings, Bill Clinton has always clung to the promise of forgiveness and the process of atonement.

From Salon

In all fairness, we don’t know what level of atonement Pitt has made over the years.

From Salon