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a·tone

Audio Help [uh-tohn] Pronunciation Key verb, a·toned, a·ton·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually fol. by for): to atone for one's sins.

2.	to make up, as for errors or deficiencies (usually fol. by for): to atone for one's failings.

3.	Obsolete. to become reconciled; agree.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to make amends for; expiate: He atoned his sins.

5.	Obsolete. to bring into unity, harmony, concord, etc.

[Origin: 1545–55; back formation from atonement

]

—Related forms

a·ton·a·ble, a·tone·a·ble, adjective

a·ton··er, noun

a·ton·ing·ly, adverb

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a·tone Audio Help   (ə-tōn') Pronunciation Key
v.   a·toned, a·ton·ing, a·tones

v.   intr.

To make amends, as for a sin or fault: These crimes must be atoned for.
Archaic To agree.

v. tr.

To expiate.
Archaic To conciliate; appease: "So heaven, atoned, shall dying Greece restore" (Alexander Pope).
Obsolete To reconcile or harmonize.

[Middle English atonen, to be reconciled, from at one, in agreement : at, at; see at¹ + one, one; see one.]

a·ton'a·ble, a·tone'a·ble adj., a·ton'er n.

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