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atone

UK/əˈtəʊn/ US/əˈtoʊn/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

make amends for

  • “expiate one”
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2.

turn away from sin or do penitence

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Origin

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.

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