atone

verbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//əˈtəʊn//
United States//əˈtoʊn//
United States/[əˈtʰoʊ̯n]/

To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.

verb

1
To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
He tried to atone for his mistakes by working harder.
She gave a donation to atone for her past actions.
The ritual was performed to atone for sins.
2
obsoleteTo bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
3
obsoleteTo agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
4
obsoleteTo unite in making.
5
To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Etymology

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at + one. Compare Latin adūnō (“to unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.

Forms

past tense: atoned
past participle: atoned
present participle: atoning
third person singular: atones

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atone · To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.

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