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atone
[uh-tohn]
verb (used without object)
to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed byfor ).
to atone for one's sins.
to make up, as for errors or deficiencies (usually followed byfor ).
to atone for one's failings.
Obsolete.to become reconciled; agree.
verb (used with object)
to make amends for; expiate.
He atoned his sins.
Obsolete.to bring into unity, harmony, concord, etc.
atone
/ əˈəʊ /
verb
to make amends or reparation (for a crime, sin, etc)
(tr) to expiate
to atone a guilt with repentance
obsoleteto be in or bring into agreement
Other Word Forms
- atonable adjective
- atoneable adjective
- atoner noun
- atoningly adverb
- unatoned adjective
- unatoning adjective
- ˈٴDzԱ noun
- ˈٴDzԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of atone1
Example Sentences
Having spent the last seven years in a state of self-absorption — or, as his ex-girlfriend Lucy later puts it: “You’ve just been up there pouting?” — his new quest is simply to atone.
Interspersed throughout the story are black-and-white “mystical visions,” as Anderson calls them, in which Korda sees himself in heaven atoning for his sins and even dialoguing with God.
“I don’t ask for anyone’s forgiveness, but I promise to atone for my terrible mistake.”
Weir's opening goal five minutes before the break had given the Scots hope of atoning for Friday's 4-0 home loss to the same opposition.
Merritt believed owning the house would help atone for the hurt she’d caused her children and bolster her efforts to repair their relationship.
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