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1. : to make reparation or supply satisfaction for : expiateused in the passive voice with for. a crime that must be atoned for. 2. obsolete : reconcile. Did you know? Atone has its roots in the idea of reconciliation and harmony.
verb [ I ] us / əˈtoʊn / Add to word list. to do something that shows you are sorry for something bad that you did or for something that you failed to do: The director of the company has expressed a wish to atone for her past sins. (Definition of atone from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of atone.
Atone definition: to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for). See examples of ATONE used in a sentence.
to do something that shows you are sorry for something bad that you did or for something that you failed to do: The director of the company has expressed a wish to atone for her past sins. (Definition of atone from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
To atone is to do something "right" to make up for doing something wrong. Religious believers are known to atone for their sins, but even students can atone for a past failure by acing a quiz or two. The word atone came to English as a contraction of the words at and one. The verb means to make amends or reparations for an offense or wrong doing.
Synonyms for ATONE: apologize, confess, palliate, excuse, whitewash, justify, extenuate, rationalize, explain, gloss (over)
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3 days ago · verb. If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it. [formal] He felt he had atoned for what he had done to his son. [VERB + for] He atoned by apologizing. [V by -ing] I'll never live long enough to atone. [VERB] Synonyms: make amends, pay, do penance, make reparation More Synonyms of atone.
