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Answer : ATONE
atone, atoned, atones, atoning, atonable, unatoned – v
to make amends or reparation
Atonement (also atoning, to atone) is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous wrongdoing on their part, either through direct action to undo the consequences of that act, equivalent action to do good for others, or some other expression of feelings of remorse. From the Middle English attone or atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), now meaning to be “at one”, in harmony, with someone. Atonement “is closely associated to forgiveness, reconciliation, sorrow, remorse, repentance, reparation, and guilt”. It can be seen as a necessary step on a path to redemption.
SYNONYMS
expiate, mend, redeem
SIN A SENTENCE
He wanted to atone for his sins.
But I think that he has within him a capacity for love, and an unselfishness, which almost atones for his dishonesty.
a crime that must be atoned for
ETYMOLOGY
1590s, “be in harmony, agree, be in accordance,” from adverbial phrase atonen (c. 1300) “in accord,” literally “at one,” a contraction of at and one. It retains the older pronunciation of one. Meaning “make up (for errors or deficiencies)” is from 1660s; that of “make reparations” is from 1680s.
Atone. To bring at one, to reconcile, and thence to suffer the pains of whatever sacrifice is necessary to bring about a reconciliation. [Hensleigh Wedgwood, “A Dictionary of English Etymology,” 1859]
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