atone
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
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- 6
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Definition of atone
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(ambitransitive)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.”
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verb
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(ambitransitive)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.”
- (obsolete, transitive)To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- (intransitive, obsolete)To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- (obsolete, transitive)To unite in making.
- (proscribed)To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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.
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