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atoning

atoning is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about atoning

What is atoning the present participle and gerund of?
Atoning is the present participle and gerund of atone.

Words near atoning in the dictionary

  1. atonically
  2. atonicities
  3. atonicity
  4. atonics
  5. atonies
  6. atoning
  7. atoningly
  8. Atons
  9. atony
  10. atoothfairyist
  11. atoothfairyists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atoning (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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