Definitions for atones

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atones a·tone

Spelling: [uh-tohn]

IPA: /əˈtoʊn/

Atones is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in atones (aenost).

Definitions for atones

verb (used with object)

1. to make amends for; expiate:
2. Obsolete. to bring into unity, harmony, concord, etc.

verb (used without object)

1. to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for):
2. to make up, as for errors or deficiencies (usually followed by for):
3. Obsolete. to become reconciled; agree.

Origin of atones

First recorded in 1545-55; back formation from atonement

Examples for atones

The good American is, as a rule, pretty hard upon roguery, but he atones for his austerity by an amiable toleration of rogues.

The service you have done in discovering this atones for your fault.

Ganz: This is where everyone makes their decisions and atones with their fathers.

Its variety and symmetry.painters, and see if it atones for the deficiencies of the stems.

Nemours renews his vows and entreaties; the Princess refuses his hand, and atones for her error in cloistered seclusion.

At night we found our bag of atones still held us very well, and we slept tranquilly.

But Fielding more than atones for all the rest by the creation of Parson Adams.

A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.

If he enjoys a kind farewell overnight, he atones for it by the coldest greeting in the morning.

The weaker party, if it be wise, atones for its weakness by entrenchments.