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verb /əˈtəʊn/ /əˈtəʊn/ [intransitive] (formal) Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they atone /əˈtəʊn/ /əˈtəʊn/ he / she / it atones /əˈtəʊnz/ /əˈtəʊnz/ past simple atoned /əˈtəʊnd/ /əˈtəʊnd/ past participle atoned /əˈtəʊnd/ /əˈtəʊnd/ -ing form atoning /əˈtəʊnɪŋ/ /əˈtəʊnɪŋ/ jump to other results atone (for something) to act in a way that shows you are sorry for doing something wrong in the past synonym make amends to atone for a crime a desire to atone Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘make or become united or reconciled’, rare before the 16th…
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