Atone Synonyms

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amends
Recompense for grievance or injury:
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redemption
Deliverance upon payment of ransom; rescue.
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reconciliation
The act of reconciling.
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redress
The definition of a redress is an action taken to pay back or fix something.
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reparation
Compensation by a nation defeated in a war for economic losses suffered by the victor or for crimes committed against individuals, payable in money, labor, goods, etc.
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satisfaction
Reparation for injury or insult
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amend
To add to, delete, correct, revise, or otherwise alter.
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answer
To speak or write in response to:
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appease
To satisfy, relieve, or assuage:
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compensate
To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.
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expiate
To make amends or pay the penalty for.
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harmonize
To make harmonious; bring into agreement
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pay
(Intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
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propitiate
To cause to become favorably inclined; win or regain the good will of; appease or conciliate
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reconcile
To make the net difference in credits and debits of a financial account agree with the balance.
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redeem
(Archaic) To reclaim
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repent
To repent is to confess and apologize for your sins, or to feel remorseful about the things you have done wrong.
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satisfy
To provide sufficient explanation to dispel or answer (a doubt or question).
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square
To resolve.
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aby
(Archaic) To pay the penalty for
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abye
Alternative spelling of aby.
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expiatory
That expiates or is meant to expiate
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expiation
A means of expiating.
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purgatory
Any situation causing suffering
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piacular
Requiring atonement or reparation; wicked or sinful.
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propitiative
Serving to, or intended to, propitiate; propitiatory, reconciliatory
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propitiatory
Of or offered in propitiation; conciliatory.
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atonement
(Obsolete) Reconciliation; concord.
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compensation
The definition of compensation is something of value given in exchange for something else.
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propitiation
(Dated) The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but with the added concept of appeasement of anger.
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correct
To correct is defined as to remove errors or to point out errors.
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inexpiable
(Archaic) That cannot be appeased; implacable
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Atone Sentence Examples

  • Grown to manhood he took service under Tiridates, now king of Armenia, in order by his own fidelity to atone for his father's treachery.

  • But he had to atone by his death for the fault of his system.

  • I have much to atone for.

  • Sonya had cried and begged to be forgiven and now, as if trying to atone for her fault, paid unceasing attention to her cousin.

  • As the city grew, the right to so many days a year atone or other shrine (or its " gate ") descended in certain families and became a species of property which could be pledged, rented or shared within the family, but not alienated.

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