atone
verbEtymology
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.
- derived from atone
Definitions
To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake…
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.
To bring at one or at concordance
To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
To agree or accord
To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
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To unite in making.
To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
The neighborhood
- synonymabegge
- synonymabide
- synonymaby/abye
- synonymacquit
- synonymanswer
- synonymanswer for
- synonymassoil
- synonymatone
- synonymexpiate
- synonymmake amends
- synonympropitiate
- synonymrecover
- neighborcompensate
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for atone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA