atonements

noun

plural of atonement
as in reparations
an act taken in order to redeem oneself He resolved to make atonement to those he had wronged by doing good deeds for them.

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reparations
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  • Some in Nigeria view Yahoo Boys as folk heroes, stealing money from white foreigners as a means of reparations for slavery and colonialism.
    — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
  • Last month, Mottley led a subcommittee of Caribbean leaders that launched a new slavery reparations manifesto during a reparations conference in Ghana.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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