atone (for)

verb

ə-ˈtōn How to pronounce atone (for) (audio)
Definition of atone (for)next
as in to compensate
to make up for (an offense) tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone (for)
  1. compensate
  2. redeem
  3. repay
  4. correct
  5. expiate
Verb
  • The water rushing along the road flutters The dress on the corpse of a woman, As the city descends long days and nights Into legend, which won’t compensate for its disasters.
    Czeslaw Milosz, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But the law says that any workers who receive less than the $16.35 minimum wage must be compensated by the restaurants.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of compensate
Verb
  • However, those assuming Jod would be redeemed by the end were sorely mistaken.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Below, 15 members of Forbes Agency Council share expert insights into how a brand facing viral complaints can take an appropriate level of accountability, redeem its good name and regain consumer trust.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of redeem
Verb
  • Medical Debt and Credit Medical debt is a poor predictor of an individual's ability to repay a loan, the CFPB said.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Pell Grants do not have to be repaid and are given to students who come from families with among the lowest incomes or ability to pay for college.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of repay
Verb
  • This story has been corrected to show that Berkowitz works at Georgetown University, not George Washington University.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Keep an open mind when your partner, family members or friends point out differences in your parenting and be ready to correct it.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of correct
Verb
  • The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.
    David Axelrod, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Definition of expiate
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