onement means the state of being at one or reconciled. It carries an Arena rating of 1596, earned across 5 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, onement ranks #99 of 13,217 for Most Elegant Words, #2,356 of 13,217 for The Improbable, #3,113 of 13,217 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #3,339 of 13,217 for Most Malleable Words.
onement is pronounced /ˈwʌnmənt/.
Why “onement” is a great word
The achieved state of being unified or reconciled. From Middle English, from the numeral 'one' with the noun-forming suffix '-ment'; first attested before 1425. Unlike 'atonement,' which implies the labor of amends, or 'reconciliation,' which details the process of mending, 'onement' is the quiet harbor itself. It is the seamless fit of cupped hands, the single flame holding steady in a windless room, the shared warmth of a fire when no apology is left to be made—not the journey toward wholeness, but the fact of it, finally, achingly complete.
Etymology
From one + -ment.
noun
- The state of being at one or reconciled.“That sets such discord 'twixt agreeing parts, / Which never can be set at onement more.”
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