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US
/əˈtoʊn/
]
[ UK /ɐtˈəʊn/ ]
[ UK /ɐtˈəʊn/ ]
VERB
-
make amends for
expiate one's sins - turn away from sin or do penitence
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