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atoner

atoner noun: one who atones.

Noun

atoner (plural atoners)

  1. One who atones.
    • Oh, and the atoner, of whom Thoreau observed in a skeptical essay: “Now, if anything ail a man so that he does not perform his functions ... if he has committed some heinous sin and partially repents, what does he do?2007 September 30, Paul Theroux, “Stanley, I Presume”, in New York Times

Forms of atoner

pluralatoners

Origin of atoner

From atone + -er.

Questions about atoner

What does atoner mean?
Atoner means one who atones.
What part of speech is atoner?
Atoner is a noun.
What is the plural of atoner?
The plural of atoner is atoners.

Words near atoner in the dictionary

  1. atoneable
  2. atoned
  3. atonement
  4. atonements
  5. atoneness
  6. atoner
  7. atoners
  8. atones
  9. atonest
  10. atoneth
  11. Atong

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