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atone

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Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
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a=tone

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb atone has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

atonev. i. [From at one, , i. e., to be, or cause to be, at one. See At one.].
  •  To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.  [1913 Webster]
    "He and Aufidius can no more atone
    Than violentest contrariety.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.  [1913 Webster]
    "The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood."  [1913 Webster]
    "The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure."  [1913 Webster]
atonev. t. 
  •  To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.  [1913 Webster]
    "I would do much
    To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To unite in making.  [1913 Webster]
    "The four elements . . . have atoned
    A noble league.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To make satisfaction for; to expiate.  [1913 Webster]
    "Or each atone his guilty love with life."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

atone, v.intr. (usu. foll. by for) make amends; expiate (for a wrong).

Etymology
back-form. f. ATONEMENT

THESAURUS

atone

accord, answer, appease, assonate, atone for, attune, be harmonious, be in tune, blend, chime, chord, compensate, conciliate, cover, do penance, expiate, fill up, give and take, give satisfaction, harmonize, indemnify, kick back, live down, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make restitution, make right, make up for, make up to, melodize, musicalize, pay, pay back, pay damages, pay in kind, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, propitiate, put in tune, quit, recompense, recoup, rectify, redeem, redress, refund, reimburse, remedy, repair, repay, requite, retaliate, satisfy, set right, sound in tune, sound together, square, square it, square things, string, symphonize, synchronize, tone down, tone up, tune, tune up, voice

ROGET THESAURUS

atone

Reward

VB reward, recompense, repay, requite, remunerate, munerate, compensate, fee, pay one's footing, make amends, indemnify, atone, satisfy, acknowledge, get for one's pains, reap the fruits of, tip.

Deity

VB create, move, uphold, preserve, govern, atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate, predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify Adj, almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial, sacrosanct, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise, omniscient, superhuman, supernatural, ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical, unearthly, theistic, theocratic, anointed, soterial.

Atonement

VB atone, atone for, expiate, propitiate, make amends, make good, reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt, set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable, give satisfaction, come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.

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