atone Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make amends for
    aby; expiate; abye.
    • expiate one's sins
  2. verb turn away from sin or do penitence
    repent.

WordNet

A*tone" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease. Obs.
    I would do much To atone them, for the love I bear to Cassio. Shak.
  2. To unite in making. Obs. & R.
    The four elements . . . have atoned A noble league. Ford.
  3. To make satisfaction for; to expiate.
    Or each atone his guilty love with life. Pope.

Webster 1913