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atone

/əˈtəʊn/
verb
  1. To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.

    Similar: expiate, propitiate

  2. To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.

  3. To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.

Synonymsexpiate, propitiate

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