Synonyms for atone
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Verb
1. Expiate — to make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency
Definitions
- v. 1
To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
The ritual was performed to atone for sins.
Related words
- Word family
- atonable atonement
- Is a kind of
- compensate
Forms
- Past participle
- atoned
e.g. atoned → expiated, compensated, propitiated, repaired…
Example sentences
- expiate If you made a mistake, then overcome your shame, try to expiate your fault.
- abide We all must abide by laws to live in any society.
- redeem He could not redeem himself after his huge mistake.
- repent Who does not repent of one fault commits another.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| atone | rising | |
| expiate | steady | |
| propitiate | steady | |
| abide | steady | |
| redeem | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- aby
- 5 letters
- abide2
- 6 letters
- answer2, repair2, redeem2, repent2
- 7 letters
- expiate3
- 10 letters
- compensate3, propitiate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abide2 = 2 syllables).