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   atone

   /əˈtəʊn/

   verb

   • 1. make amends or reparation: "a human sacrifice to atone for the sin"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘make or become united or reconciled’, rare before the 16th century): from at one in early use; later by back-formation from atonement.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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