atonement

Example Sentences

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She also advocated that the federal government pay massive financial reparations to Black Americans as atonement for centuries of slavery and discrimination.

From Seattle Times

Thirty-five years after they won that apology — and survivors of prison camps received $20,000 each— those advocates are now demanding atonement for Black Americans whose ancestors were enslaved.

From Seattle Times

But many of those countries, former outposts of the empire, have also been engaged in a public reckoning over the legacies of colonialism, including calls for atonement, reparations and independence.

From Washington Post

Germany has worked hard to be transparent in its atonement for its Nazi past, and to have a special relationship with Israel.

From New York Times

Worse, Stephens' atonement does not change the fact that baseless Russian conspiracies remain acceptable and digestible excuses to dismiss and marginalize pundits and policymakers from the left and the right of the ideological spectrum.

From Salon