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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Kansas City’s reparations movement is moving ahead on two fronts, one rooted in community storytelling, the other in formal policy research.—
J.M. Banks
November 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Nov. 2025 -
Here, the reparations bills intended ancestry to be a proxy for race to benefit black Californians.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Atonements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atonements. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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