Atone

[ə'təʊn]

Definition

(v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

(v. i.) To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.

(v. t.) To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.

(v. t.) To unite in making.

(v. t.) To make satisfaction for; to expiate.

Editor: Rufus

Definition

adv. (Spens.) at one at once together.

v.i. to give satisfaction or make reparation (with for): to make up for deficiencies: (Shak.) to agree be in accordance.—v.t. to appease to expiate: (arch.) harmonise or reconcile.—ns. Atone′ment the act of atoning; reconciliation: expiation: reparation: esp. (theol.) the reconciliation of God and man by means of the incarnation and death of Christ; Aton′er.—adv. Aton′ingly.

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