🇬🇧🇪🇸 atonement - expiación : English Lesson

Meaning of "atonement" ("expiación"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Atonement is when you do something kind or helpful to fix a mistake you made, to show you’re truly sorry and want to make things right again.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

As atonement for eating the last cookie, Jamal baked a whole batch of cookies and labeled them, “Sorry I Have No Self-Control.”

As atonement for singing off-key all morning, I promised the family I’d only perform in the shower, where at least the tiles can’t complain.

My atonement for pranking my brother with fake spiders was doing his chores all week while he sat on the couch like a tiny, smug king.

When Zoe forgot her best friend’s birthday, her atonement was a homemade card so glittery that it blinded everyone within three feet.

After the dog chewed up Mom’s shoe, our atonement was giving her a spa day, which mostly involved us putting cucumber slices on her eyes.

He dropped the ball through Mrs. Lee's window. For atonement he swept glass, fixed the pane, and planted small white flowers. His small atonement note sat on the sill. Mrs. Lee watched, softening. Her nod accepted his atonement; she whispered "atonement" and hugged him, and the garden felt like true atonement.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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