Associations to the word «Atone»

Wiktionary

ATONE, verb. To make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.
ATONE, verb. (proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Dictionary definition

ATONE, verb. Make amends for; "expiate one's sins".
ATONE, verb. Turn away from sin or do penitence.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke