Associations to the word «Atone»

Wiktionary

ATONE, verb. To make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.
ATONE, verb. (proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Dictionary definition

ATONE, verb. Make amends for; "expiate one's sins".
ATONE, verb. Turn away from sin or do penitence.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca