Atonement is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous wrongdoing on their part.
Atonement may also refer to:
Religion[edit]
- Atonement in Judaism
- Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the biblical/Jewish observance
- Atonement in Christianity
- Atonement (governmental view)
- Atonement (moral influence view)
- Atonement (penal substitution view)
- Atonement (ransom view)
- Atonement (satisfaction view)
- Substitutionary atonement
- Society of the Atonement
- Universal atonement, as in:
- Unlimited atonement, the doctrine that the atonement is unlimited in extent
- Universal reconciliation, the doctrine that all will eventually come to salvation
- Atonement Academy, a parochial Catholic school in San Antonio, Texas
- Blood atonement, a concept in Mormonism
- Day of Atonement (Nation of Islam)
- Vergangenheitsbewältigung, post-WW2 German denazification and repentance
Arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
Films[edit]
- Atonement (1919 film), an American drama film directed by William Humphrey
- Atonement (2007 film), a British film directed by Joe Wright, based on Ian McEwan's novel
Music[edit]
Albums and soundtracks[edit]
- Atonement (Your Memorial album) and its title track, 2010
- Atonement (Immolation album), 2017
- Atonement (Killswitch Engage album), 2019
- Atonement (soundtrack), the soundtrack from the 2007 film Atonement
Songs[edit]
- "Atonement", a song by Benjamin Clementine from the album And I Have Been, 2022
- "Atonement", a song by Bloc Party, a b-side to their single "I Still Remember"
- "Atonement", a song by Heaven Shall Burn of their Iconoclast (Part 1: The Final Resistance)
- "Atonement", a song by Living Sacrifice from the album Nonexistent
- "Atonement", a song by Opeth from the album Ghost Reveries
- "Atonement", a song by The Roots from the album Game Theory
Other arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
- "Atonement" (Babylon 5), a Babylon 5 television series episode
- Atonement (novel), a 2001 novel by Ian McEwan
- Tsugunai: Atonement, a 2001 role-playing videogame