atone (redirected from atoning)

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

Verb

[atoning, atoned] to make amends (for a sin, crime, or wrongdoing)

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 make amends, pay, do penance, make reparation, make redress

Translations

atone [əˈtəun] vi to atone for → expiar

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atone [əˈtəun] vi to atone for → expier, racheter

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atone [əˈtəun] vi to atone for → büßen für

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atone [əˈtəun] vi to atone for → espiare