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(a-tone) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to make up for a mistake or wrongdoing.

Example Sentence

He tried to atone for yelling at his brother by buying him an ice cream.

More Example Sentences

She tried to atone by helping others.

Synonyms

repent; compensate; rectify

Antonyms

worsen

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atone
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Rhymes

  • blown
  • boan
  • boehne
  • boen
  • bohn
  • bohne
  • bone
  • bown
  • bowne
  • clone
  • coan
  • cohn
  • cone
  • crone
  • doan
  • doane
  • doanh
  • don't
  • drone
  • flown
  • fone
  • goan
  • goen
  • groan
  • groen
  • grone
  • grown
  • hoehn
  • hoehne
  • hoen
  • hone
  • joan
  • jone
  • kloehn
  • known
  • koehn
  • koehne
  • koen
  • kohne
  • krohn
  • loan
  • lone
  • moan
  • moen
  • mon
  • mone
  • oanh
  • own
  • phone
  • plohn
  • prone
  • rhone
  • roan
  • roane
  • roen
  • rone
  • schoen
  • schone
  • scone
  • sewn
  • shone
  • shown
  • sloan
  • sloane
  • slone
  • sown
  • stone
  • thoen
  • thone
  • throne
  • thrown
  • tone
  • trone
  • zone

  • alone
  • arone
  • athlone
  • atone
  • barone
  • barrone
  • bastogne
  • bayonne
  • bemoan
  • cadrone
  • capone
  • carone
  • catone
  • cirone
  • cologne
  • condone
  • cyclone
  • damone
  • dethrone
  • dijon
  • disown
  • dragone
  • farone
  • garone
  • hipbone
  • homegrown
  • intone
  • latrone
  • leone
  • lupone
  • malone
  • mamone
  • marone
  • masone
  • mccone
  • mccrone
  • mcglone
  • mchone
  • mckone
  • mckown
  • melloan
  • milone
  • mione
  • montrone
  • outgrown
  • outshone
  • palone
  • pavone
  • perone
  • picone
  • pirone
  • postpone
  • ramon
  • ramone
  • raton
  • salone
  • scavone
  • scimone
  • sharon
  • shirone
  • simone
  • stallone
  • tirone
  • trombone
  • tyrone
  • unknown
  • valone
  • vanstone
  • varone
  • yarchoan

  • bourguignon
  • calderon
  • cipollone
  • overblown
  • overgrown
  • overthrown
  • romanone
  • unbeknown

  • concepcion

  • corporacion
  • diaz-calderon
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