Thesaurus: atone

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1. v. i. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.
2. v. i. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.
3. v. t. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.
4. v. t. To unite in making.
5. v. t. To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
6. v. make amends for
7. v. turn away from sin or do penitence
8. 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.
9. v:100 v make amends for v turn away from sin or do penitence