atone

Meaning

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

Synonyms

expiate

propitiate

compensate

repent

abye

aby

indemnify

reconcile

make up for

redeem

redress

appease

makeup

match

mesh

miss

put right

realise

recompense

reimburse

repair

square

transcribe

transfer

transplant

transpose

try

try on

be penitent

concilliate

accommodate

expiate guilt

adapt

arrange

conciliate

do penance

even up

fit

gear

⚙️

key

🔑

make amends

make amends for

make good

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈtəʊn/

Etymology

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at + one. Compare Latin adūnō (“I unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.