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–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

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—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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atone (v.)

1555, from adv. phrase atonen (c.1300) "in accord," lit. "at one," a contraction of at and one. It retains the older pronunciation of one. The phrase perhaps is modeled on L. adunare "unite," from ad- "to, at" + unum "one." Atonement is 1513; theological sense dates from 1526.

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atone
verb
1.	make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate]
2.	turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent]

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Atone

A*tone"\ ([.a]*t[=o]n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Atoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Atoning.] [From at one,, i. e., to be, or cause to be, at one. See At one.]

1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [Obs.]

He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety. --Shak.

2. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.

The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood. --Pope.

The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure. --Junius.

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Atone

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.

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