ATONE

repent, atone

(verb) turn away from sin or do penitence

expiate, aby, abye, atone

(verb) make amends for; “expiate one’s sins”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

Synonyms: expiate, propitiate

(obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. [from 1570s]

(obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. [from 1590s]

(obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.

(proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Anagrams

• Eaton, neato, oaten

Source: Wiktionary


A*tone", v. t.

1. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease. [Obs.] I would do much To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio. Shak.

2. To unite in making. [Obs. & R.] The four elements . . . have atoned A noble league. Ford.

3. To make satisfaction for; to expiate. Or each atone his guilty love with life. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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