Definition/Meaning of atone

• English - Verb: atone ( third-person singular simple present atones , present participle atoning , simple past and past participle atoned ) To make reparation , compensation , or amends , for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed . ( proscribed ) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing , especially by standing as an equivalent . Synonyms ( to make reparation ) : expiate , propitiate Derived terms…
• English - Etymology: From atone ( “ reconciled ” ), from Middle English atone , attone , atoon ( “ agreed ” , literally “ at one ” ), equivalent to at +‎ one .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /əˈtəʊn/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /əˈtoʊn/ Rhymes: -əʊn one and once are pronounced differently from the related words alone , only and atone . Stressed vowels often become diphthongs over time (Latin b o na → Italian b uo na and Spanish b ue na ), and this happened in the late Middle Ages to the words one and once , first recorded ca 1400: the vowel underwent some changes , from ōn…
• English - Anagrams: neato oaten
• French - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /a.tɔn/