atone

See also: at one

English

WOTD – 19 February 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Verb

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

1. To make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.
2. (proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Synonyms

• (to make reparation): expiate, propitiate

Derived terms

atonable atoneable

atonement atoner

Translations

to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime

• Armenian: քավել (hy) ‎(kʿavel)
• Bulgarian: изкупвам (bg) ‎(izkupvam)
• Czech: odčinit
• Dutch: goedmaken (nl), compenseren (nl)
• Finnish: hyvittää (fi), sovittaa (fi)
• German: wiedergutmachen, kompensieren (de), gutmachen, Ersatz leisten, büßen (de), sühnen (de)

• Maori: whakamārie
• Russian: возмеща́ть (ru) impf ‎(vozmeščátʹ), компенси́ровать (ru) impf ‎(kompensírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan rèite
• Spanish: expiar (es)
• Swedish: sona (sv), gottgöra (sv)

to clear someone else of wrongdoing

• Armenian: թողություն տալ ‎(tʿołutʿyun tal)
• Bulgarian: изкупвам (bg) ‎(izkupvam)
• Finnish: hyvittää (fi), sovittaa (fi)

• Russian: искупа́ть (ru) impf ‎(iskupátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir èirig
• Spanish: expiar (es)
• Swedish: försona, förlåta (sv)

Anagrams

• neato
• oaten

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɔn/

Adjective

atone m, f ‎(plural atones)

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

External links

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

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Italian

Adjective

atone

1. feminine plural of atono

Anagrams

• aneto
• etano