[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yom kippur \yom` kippur"\ y=om`ki^poo^r",
   yaumm`ki^poo^r", heb. y=om kipp=ur, day of
   atonement. jewish antiq.
   the only fast day of the mosaic ritual, celebrated on the
   tenth day of the seventh month tishri, according to the
   rites described in leviticus xvi. also called day of
   atonement.
   webster 1913 suppl. +pjc
see also:
day of atonement 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

atonement \atone"ment\, n.
   1. literally, a setting at one. reconciliation; restoration
      of friendly relations; agreement; concord. archaic
      1913 webster

            by whom we have now received the atonement. --rom.
                                                  v. 11.
      1913 webster

            he desires to make atonement
            betwixt the duke of gloucester and your brothers.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent
      for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be
      received in satisfaction for an offense or injury;
      expiation; amends; -- with for. specifically, in theology:
      the expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal
      suffering, and death of christ.
      1913 webster

            when a man has been guilty of any vice, the best
            atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.
                                                  --spectator.
      1913 webster

            the phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that
            they were thought to have made a sufficient
            atonement for their former offense.   --potter.
      1913 webster

   day of atonement jewish antiq., the only fast day of the
      mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh
      month tishri, according to the rites described in
      leviticus xvi. also called yom kippur.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
day of atonement yom kippur 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

yom kippur
     n : judaism a solemn jewish fast day; 10th of tishri; its
         observance is one of the requirements of the mosaic law
         syn: day of atonement
see also:
day of atonement 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 moby thesaurus words for "yom kippur":
   day of atonement, fast of av, feast of tabernacles, feast of weeks,
   hanukkah, high holy days, lent, new year, ninth of av, passover,
   pentecost, pesach, purim, quadragesima, ramadan, rosh hashanah,
   shabuoth, simhath torah, sukkoth, asceticism,
   cold purgatorial fires, fast day, fasting, flagellation,
   hair shirt, jour maigre, lustration, maceration, mortification,
   penance, penitence, penitential act, penitential exercise,
   purgation, purgatory, repentance, sackcloth and ashes

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