atone
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atone
- /əˈtəʊn/ UK
- /əˈtoʊn/ US
- [əˈtʰoʊ̯n] US
Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
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.
verb atones · atoning · atoned
- To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. He tried to atone for his mistakes by working harder.
- To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- To unite in making.
- To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
Similar: abegge, abide, aby/abye, acquit, answer, answer for, assoil, atone, expiate, make amends, propitiate, recover
