atone

Meanings

Verb

make amends for
turn away from sin or do penitence
To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
To unite in making.
To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Origin / Etymology

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at + one. Compare Latin adūnō (“I 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, aby/abye, abye, acquit, answer, answer for, assoil, atone, expiate, make amends, propitiate, recover, redeem, repair, reparate, repent

Scrabble Score: 5

atone is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
atone is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
atone is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

atone is a valid Words With Friends word