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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atone \A*tone"\ ([.a]*t[=o]n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Atoned}; p. pr & vb n. {Atoning}.] [From at one,, i. e., to be or cause to be at one See {At one}.] 1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [Obs.] He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety. --Shak. 2. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime. The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood. --Pope. The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure. --Junius. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Atone \A*tone"\, v. t. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: atone v 1: make amends for "expiate one's sins" [syn: {expiate}, {aby}, {abye}] 2: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: {repent}]
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