atone

== English == === Etymology === From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at +‎ one. Compare Latin adūnō (“I unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈtəʊn/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈtoʊn/, [əˈtʰoʊ̯n] Rhymes: -əʊn === Verb === atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned) (ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s] Synonyms: expiate, propitiate, repair (obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. [from 1570s] (obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. [from 1590s] (obsolete, transitive) To unite in making. (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “atone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “atone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “atone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Aneto, Eaton, neato, notea, oaten, Onate == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.tɔn/ === Adjective === atone (plural atones) expressionless (linguistics) unstressed (linguistics) mute === Further reading === “atone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.to.ne/ Rhymes: -atone Hyphenation: à‧to‧ne === Adjective === atone f pl feminine plural of atono === Anagrams === Anteo, aneto, etano