Need another word that means the same as “atone”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “atone” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Atone” are: repent, aby, abye, expiate, make amends, make reparation, make restitution, make recompense, make redress, make up for, compensate, pay, pay the penalty, pay the price, recompense, answer
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “atone” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| aby | Make amends for. |
| abye | To pay the penalty for (an offence); to atone for, suffer for, make amends for, expiate (a crime, one’s sins, another’s guilt, etc.). |
| answer | Give the correct answer or solution to. A few words would answer. |
| compensate | Make payment to compensate. He will be richly compensated for his efforts. |
| expiate | Make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing. Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice. |
| make amends | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. |
| make recompense | Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. |
| make redress | Be or be capable of being changed or made into. |
| make reparation | Gather and light the materials for. |
| make restitution | Amount to. |
| make up for | Institute, enact, or establish. |
| pay | Bring in. It pays to choose varieties carefully. |
| pay the penalty | Discharge or settle. |
| pay the price | Cancel or discharge a debt. |
| recompense | Make amends to (someone) for loss or harm suffered; compensate. I will recompense their iniquity. |
| repent | Feel regret or penitence about. I repent me of all I did. |
| apologetic | Offering or expressing apology. An apologetic note. |
| atonement | The action of making amends for a wrong or injury. An annual ceremony of confession and atonement for sin. |
| commit | Refer a parliamentary or legislative bill to a committee. She committed herself to the work of God. |
| compensate | Make payment to compensate. He will be richly compensated for his efforts. |
| confession | The religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith. Proof of this crime must be established by confession. |
| contrition | (in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance of past sins during or after confession. Prayers of contrition. |
| counterbalance | (of a weight) balance (another weight. The sitter s weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the backrest. |
| expiate | Make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing. Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice. |
| forgive | Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. I was willing to forgive all her faults for the sake of our friendship. |
| guilt | Make someone feel guilty especially in order to induce them to do something. Celeste had been guilted into going by her parents. |
| guilty | Conscious of, affected by, or revealing a feeling of guilt. A guilty look. |
| misdeed | A wicked or illegal act. His past misdeeds were forgiven. |
| offense | The action of attacking an enemy. |
| offset | Create an offset in. A present of tulip bulbs offsets and seeds for his garden. |
| penance | Impose a penance on. The Bishop penanced him severely for his conduct. |
| penitence | The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance. A public display of penitence. |
| penitent | A person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor. A penitent expression. |
| penitential | Relating to or expressing penitence or penance. Wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words. |
| regret | Express with regret. I regret I can t come to the party. |
| regretful | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. Regretful over mistakes she had made. |
| remorse | Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed. They were filled with remorse and shame. |
| remorseful | Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. The defendant was remorseful for what he had done. |
| repent | View or think of (an action or omission) with deep regret or remorse. I repent me of all I did. |
| repentance | Remorse for your past conduct. Each person who turns to God in genuine repentance and faith will be saved. |
| repentant | Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds. He is truly repentant for his incredible naivety and stupidity. |
| rue | Repentance; regret. With rue my heart is laden. |
| salvation | A means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness. His only salvation was to outfly the enemy. |
| sin | Commit a sin violate a law of God or a moral law. He committed the unforgivable sin of refusing to give interviews. |
| sinner | A person who transgresses against divine law by committing an immoral act or acts. God forgives repentant sinners. |
| transgression | The action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit. Few ministers now stand down because of sexual transgressions. |
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