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atonest

atonest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of atone.

Meaning of atone

Verb

atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
    • He tried to atone for his mistakes by working harder.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
  5. (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Origin of atonest

atone + -est

Questions about atonest

What is atonest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Atonest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of atone.

Words near atonest in the dictionary

  1. atonements
  2. atoneness
  3. atoner
  4. atoners
  5. atones
  6. atonest
  7. atoneth
  8. Atong
  9. atonia
  10. atonias
  11. atonic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atonest (page history and authors); atone (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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