atone
verb[I]
us/əˈtoʊn/to do something thatshowsyou aresorryfor somethingbadthat you did or for something that youfailedto do:
Thedirectorof thecompanyhasexpressedawishto atone for her pastsins.
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I hope to-day toatonefor my misdeeds by speaking at a much shorter length.
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However, as if toatonefor being so critical, he takes a different attitude in debates such as these.
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Once a child learns to lead an idle life, no amount of book-learning willatonefor the loss to the community.
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I personally have never believed in the idea that there is any ground for atonement, because there has been nothing toatonefor.
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Nothing, of course, couldatoneor willatone, until our programme is complete, for the shortage of war equipment.
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No amount of compensation can fullyatonefor the loss of such a link if the people are expropriated.
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The only way in which we canatonefor the shortcomings of the past is to make certain that we do something effective for the future.
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They are the gentlemen who should persistently appear in sackcloth and ashes, though even then they would notatonefor all the sins that we inherited.
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They will have to be very effective recommendations indeed toatonefor the total failure of that interim report and the sad waste of time and money it involved.
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We can prevent the sins of the fathers falling on the children economically, even if we cannotatonefor the spiritual and moral tragedies of separated homes.
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I pledge to repent andatonefor this crime for the rest of my life, she said.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wishing toatonefor his fault, he takes on his friend's responsibilities and considers his friends sisters as his own sisters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Toatonefor his ten-year absence, he traveled to the mountains to spend time with her while training.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Akkarat becomes a monk toatonefor his failure of protecting the capital.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I was trying, somehow and again, toatonefor my own behavior.
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