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atone

/əˈtəʊn/

verb

Meaning

  • To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.

  • To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.

  • To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.

  • To unite in making.

  • To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Synonyms

expiate,
propitiate