Atone for
1atone for — index repent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2atone for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
3atone for — make amends or reparation for. → atone …
4atone for — Expiate, make expiation for, make amends for, make reparation for, make satisfaction for, do penance for, answer for, pay for …
5atone for — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. compensate for, do penance, make amends; see pay for …
6atone — ► VERB (atone for) ▪ make amends for. ORIGIN from at one …
7atone — v. (D; intr.) to atone for (to atone for one s sins) * * * [ə təʊn] (D; intr.) to atone for (to atone for one s sins) …
8atone — atonable, atoneable, adj. atoner, n. atoningly, adv. /euh tohn /, v., atoned, atoning. v.i. 1. to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually fol. by for): to atone for one s sins. 2. to make up, as for… …
9atone — a|tone [əˈtəun US əˈtoun] v [i]formal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: at one in agreement ] to do something to show that you are sorry for having done something wrong atone for ▪ Richard was anxious to atone for his thoughtlessness …
10atone — [[t]əto͟ʊn[/t]] atones, atoning, atoned VERB If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it. [FORMAL] [V for n] He felt he had atoned for what he had done to his son... [V by ing] He atoned… …
