atone

[ US /əˈtoʊn/ ]
[ UK /ɐtˈə‍ʊn/ ]
VERB
  1. make amends for
    expiate one's sins
  2. turn away from sin or do penitence
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How To Use atone In A Sentence

  • The two offerings together symbolized a community of people at peace with God because atonement for sins had been made.
  • However, Byrom then atoned for his penalty miss by drilling home a 25 yard free kick to make the score 3-1.
  • In a few short but intense years we began to atone for centuries of environmental degradation.
  • It needed expiation - atonement to remove guilt and the liability of punishment.
  • OK, if they try to do something to atone for their sins it would be different but they don't recognise that they sinned. Times, Sunday Times
  • And now this settlement and atonement was handselled and was well kept afterwards. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor
  • True Christianity is about judgment, atonement and forgiveness and NOT unreciprocated outreach contrary to what the beardie-weirdie and his acolytes might say. How Do Y0u Solve A Problem Like Sharia
  • For instance, if in an emotional dream you injured someone intentionally, you could perform a simple penance the next day to atone, such as fasting one meal.
  • Feeling reasonably guilty for my lack of input in our annual dissection, I decided I needed some intellectual nutrition to atone for my sins.
  • This quaint ceremonial, still annually observed in the secluded capital of Buddhism-the Rome of Asia-is interesting because it exhibits, in a clearly marked religious stratification, a series of divine redeemers themselves redeemed, of vicarious sacrifices vicariously atoned for, of gods undergoing a process of fossilisation, who, while they retain the privileges, have disburdened themselves of the pains and penalties of divinity. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
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