atone (redirected from atoned)

a·tone  (-tn)

v. a·toned, a·ton·ing, a·tones

v.intr.

1. To make amends, as for a sin or fault: These crimes must be atoned for.

2. Archaic To agree.

v.tr.

1. To expiate.

2. Archaic To conciliate; appease: "So heaven, atoned, shall dying Greece restore" (Alexander Pope).

3. Obsolete To reconcile or harmonize.

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[Middle English atonen, to be reconciled, from at one, in agreement : at, at; see at¹ + one, one; see one.]

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a·tona·ble, a·tonea·ble adj.

a·toner n.

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atone [əˈtəʊn]

vb

1. (intr; foll by for) to make amends or reparation (for a crime, sin, etc.)

2. (tr) to expiate to atone a guilt with repentance

3. Obsolete to be in or bring into agreement

[back formation from atonement]

atonable , atoneable adj

atoner  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	atone - make amends for; "expiate one's sins" aby, abye, expiate redress, right, correct, compensate - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
	2.	atone - turn away from sin or do penitence   repent

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atone

verb (usually with for) make amends, pay for, compensate for, make up for, redress, answer for, recompense for, do penance for, make reparation for, make redress for He felt he had atoned for what he had done.

Translations

atone [əˈtəʊn] VI to atone for → expiar

atone [əˈtəʊn] vi
to atone for sth → expier qch, racheter qch

atone

vi to atone for something → (für) etw sühnen or büßen

atone [əˈtəʊn] vi to atone for (frm) (crime, sins) → espiare; (mistake, rudeness) → riparare a