a 1 t 1 o 1 n 1 e 1
5 letters · 5 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make amends for
verb turn away from sin or do penitence
originFrom atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at + one. Compare Latin adūnō (“to unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.
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