Atonement is satisfaction, reparation, penance, compensation, retribution or expiation of a wrong. Do something about the evil in your life. Do something about what is going on in your life, family and community. Forgiveness means to grant pardon, absolve, citer, exonerate or liberate. You cannot be liberated until you forgive and are forgiven Forgiveness must come the heart.
Reconciliation is restoration.
It is the act ofrtturning something to its original or uninpaired position. Reconciliation means to make compatible, resolve differences, resolve difference, establish or reestablish a close relationship between previously hostile persons. The seventh step leads into the final stage. 8, Perfect Union . When we go through all these steps there is no difference between us that we cannot heal.