atone
UK/əˈtəʊn//əˈtoʊn/
atone verb: to make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
Verb
atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)
- To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- He tried to atone for his mistakes by working harder.
- She gave a donation to atone for her past actions.
- Synonyms:
- expiate, propitiate, repair
- 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.
atone meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
atone in Urdu
- ہم آہنگ کرنا, کفارہ دینا, مطمئن کرنا
atone in Bengali
- প্রায়শ্চিত্ত করা
atone in Malayalam
- പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം ചെയ്യുക, പാപപരിഹാരം ചെയ്യുക
atone in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಾಯಶ್ಚಿತ್ತ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳು
More languagesFewer languages
- atone in Arabic
- كَفَّرَ عَنْ kaffara ʕan
Synonyms of atone
Forms of atone
| third-person singular present | atones |
|---|---|
| present participle | atoning |
| past participle | atoned |
| past | atoned |
Origin of atone
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.
Words formed from atone
Words that rhyme with atone
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- moan
- throne
- clone
- crone
- prone
- depone
- hone
- loan
- cologne
- condone
- disenthrone
- disown
- eau de cologne
- enthrone
- groan
- intone
- roan
- Sloan
- Sloane
- thrown
- unknown
- bemoan
- cobblestone
- Copplestone
- grown
- joan
- known
- none
- overgrown
- pension
- phone
- postpone
- redstone
- sone
- Stallone
- answer phone
- arthron
- beknown
- cauterizing stone
- compone
- crosne
- crown
- cuboidal bone
- cuttlefish bone
- Ediphone
- enzone
- flown
- Four Shire Stone
Questions about atone
- What does atone mean?
- Atone means to make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- What is atone in Urdu?
- Atone in Urdu is ہم آہنگ کرنا, کفارہ دینا, مطمئن کرنا. See Atone meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is atone?
- Atone is a verb.
- How do you pronounce atone?
- Atone is pronounced /əˈtəʊn/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of atone?
- The past tense of atone is atoned.
Words near atone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: atone (page history and authors); atone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atone (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atone (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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