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  • 51indemnity — Synonyms and related words: absolution, amends, amnesty, assurance, atonement, award, balancing, blood money, bond, certification, commutation, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, counteraction, counterbalancing, damages,… …

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  • 52redemption — Synonyms and related words: absolution, adoption, amendment, amends, amnesty, atonement, change of allegiance, change of heart, change of mind, circumcision, compensation, composition, compromise, conversion, deliverance, delivery, exculpation,… …

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  • 53reprieve — Synonyms and related words: absolution, afterthought, amnesty, benevolence, bind, block, blockage, bureaucratic delay, catharsis, cleanse, cleanse away, cleansing, clemency, commiseration, compassion, condolence, delay, delayage, delayed reaction …

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  • 54shrift — Synonyms and related words: absolution, acknowledgment, admission, amnesty, avowal, concession, confession, exculpation, excuse, exemption, exoneration, grace, immunity, indemnity, owning, owning up, pardon, redemption, remission, remission of… …

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  • 55sparing — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, absolution, abstemious, amnesty, ascetic, austere, benevolent, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, close, conciliatory, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment,… …

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  • 56Schwarzenau Brethren — The Schwarzenau ( German Baptist ) Brethren, originated in Germany, the outcome of one of many Pietistic movements of the 17th century. In Germany they became known as Neue Täufer (New Baptists), in distinction from the older Anabaptist groups.… …

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  • 57Feast of the Most Precious Blood — The Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ was a feast included in the General Roman Calendar from 1849 to 1969. Contents 1 History 2 Significance 3 Prayer 4 References …

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  • 58atonement — /euh tohn meuhnt/, n. 1. satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends. 2. (sometimes cap.) Theol. the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and humankind, esp. as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ.… …

    Universalium

  • 59baptism —    At the time of the Reformation, the sacraments, those ceremonial acts that dramatized biblical events even as they served as a sign of God s presence, became a key issue between Roman Catholics and Protestants and among Protestants themselves …

    Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • 60absolution — ab•so•lu•tion [[t]ˌæb səˈlu ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of absolving; the state of being absolved 2) rel a remission of sin or of the punishment for sin, esp. as effected by a priest or bishop in the sacrament of penance • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME… …

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