atone

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

atone [atone atones atoned atoning] BrE [əˈtəʊn] NAmE [əˈtoʊn] verb intransitive ~ (for sth) (formal)
to act in a way that shows you are sorry for doing sth wrong in the past
Syn: ↑make amends
•to atone for a crime
•a desire to atone
Derived Word: ↑atonement
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Word Origin:
Middle English (originally in the sense ‘make or become united or reconciled’, rare before the 16th cent.): from at one in early use; later by back-formation from atonement.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  repent, expiate, aby, abye