English Explanatory Dictionary

atone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/əˈtəʊn/ /əˈtoʊn/ [əˈtʰoʊ̯n] en-us-atone.ogg en-au-atone.ogg

Word forms

atone atones atoning atoned

Etymology

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

Synonyms

abegge abide aby/abye acquit answer answer for assoil atone expiate make amends propitiate recover redeem repair reparate

Derived words

atonable atoneable atonement atoner atoningly unatoned unatoning
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