English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “atonement”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for atonement is atone-ment, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
atone-ment
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result atone-ment The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordatonement
Hyphenationatone-ment
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/əˈtoʊnmənt/
Meaning & usage

What does “atonement” mean?

atonement: Reparation for a wrong or injury.

Headwordatonement
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/əˈtoʊnmənt/
1
noun

Reparation for a wrong or injury.

Example: “she wanted to make atonement for her husband's behavior”

Word breaks

How “atonement” is split

atone·ment

For US English, the hyphenation result is atone-ment. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “atonement”

How do you hyphenate “atonement”?

In the US-English result used here, atonement is hyphenated as atone-ment.

Where can “atonement” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “atonement” mean?

Reparation for a wrong or injury.

Can you use “atonement” in a sentence?

“she wanted to make atonement for her husband's behavior”

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