Meaning
To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From 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.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 3 recorded puzzles: