atone

English

/əˈtəʊn/, /əˈtoʊn/

verb
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
  • (obsolete) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
  • (obsolete) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
  • (obsolete) To unite in making.
  • (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English atone affix from English at (out-, beyond) + English one.

Origin

English

one

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