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Definition of atone verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

atone

verb

NAmE//əˈtoʊn//

[intransitive] atone (for something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they atone

he / she / it atones

past simple atoned

-ing form atoning

to act in a way that shows you are sorry for doing something wrong in the past synonym amends to atone for a crime a desire to atone

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atonement noun [uncountable]

to make atonement for his sins Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonementSee atone in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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