bot

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil
  • mending, repair, improvement
  • compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance
  • improvement in (moral) condition, amendment

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (recompense, improvement, atonement).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bōtō

Gloss

recompense, improvement, atonement

Kanji

償

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