atone (for)

verb

ə-ˈtōn How to pronounce atone (for) (audio)
Definition of atone (for)next
as in to compensate
to make up for (an offense) tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atone (for)
  1. compensate
  2. redeem
  3. repay
  4. correct
  5. expiate
Verb
  • The Department of Transportation proposed new rules Thursday requiring airlines to compensate passengers with up to $775 for significant flight delays or cancellations where the airline is at fault.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The bank is also used to pay Russian soldiers and compensate families of soldiers killed in the line of duty, the department said.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of compensate
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  • Here’s how to claim your lottery prize All Arizona Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $100 and may redeem winnings up to $599.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This promotion is available for stays from March 1 - July 31, 2025 and can be redeemed using the code E4000 (or code M96 for Bonvoy members) at checkout.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of redeem
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  • But if they are consolidated into a Direct consolidation loan, that Direct consolidation loan can be repaid under ICR.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Every shipment, every transaction, every license, every insurance policy, every fee—thousands of variables—had to be accounted for, across all conceivable scenarios, until the sale was complete, the money collected and transacted, and everyone repaid.
    Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of repay
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  • If the previous sentence weren’t true, then always forward-looking U.S. (and global) stock markets would have already corrected in a way that would that would make 1929, 1987 and 2008 seem tame by comparison.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Editor’s note: This story was updated Dec. 6, the same day as publication, to correct the spelling of Dorothée Chaoui-Derieux’s name.
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of correct
Verb
  • The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.
    David Axelrod, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
Definition of expiate
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