atone

From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at +‎ one.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈtəʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈtoʊn/

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)

1. (intransitive) To make reparation, compensation, or amends for an offence or crime one has committed.

   Synonyms: expiate, propitiate

2. (proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

• Eaton, neato, oaten

• IPA^(key): /a.tɔn/

atone (plural atones)

1. expressionless
2. (linguistics) unstressed
3. (linguistics) mute

• “atone” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

atone

1. Feminine plural of adjective atono.

• aneto, etano