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atone

 
(ə-tōn') pronunciation

v., a·toned, a·ton·ing, a·tones.

v.intr.
  1. To make amends, as for a sin or fault: These crimes must be atoned for.
  2. Archaic. To agree.
v.tr.
  1. To expiate.
  2. Archaic. To conciliate; appease: "So heaven, atoned, shall dying Greece restore" (Alexander Pope).
  3. Obsolete. To reconcile or harmonize.

[Middle English atonen, to be reconciled, from at one, in agreement : at, at; see at1 + one, one; see one.]

atonable a·ton'a·ble or a·tone'a·ble adj.
atoner a·ton'er n.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - sone, bøde, gøre god igen
v. tr. - forsone, bringe i harmoni

Nederlands (Dutch)
boeten voor, verzoenen

Français (French)
v. intr. - expier, racheter, réparer
v. tr. - expier, se racheter, harmoniser (arch)

Deutsch (German)
v. - wiedergutmachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξιλεώνομαι, αποζημιώνω, επανορθώνω

Italiano (Italian)
espiare, riparare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - expiar, reparar, reconciliar, harmonizar

Русский (Russian)
искупать (вину)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer una reparación
v. tr. - expiar, reparar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - gottgöra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
补偿, 弥补, 赎回, 赎

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 補償, 彌補, 贖回
v. tr. - 贖, 補償

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 보상하다, 속죄하다
v. tr. - 보상하다, 화합 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - あがなう, 償う, 償いをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعوض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮כיפר, פייס‬
v. tr. - ‮ריצה את עוונו‬


 
 
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