atone
verb
[ əˈtəʊn ]
• make amends or reparation.
• "a human sacrifice to atone for the sin"
Similar:
make amends,
make reparation,
make restitution,
make recompense,
make redress,
make up for,
compensate,
pay,
pay the penalty,
pay the price,
recompense,
answer,
expiate,
make good,
offset,
do penance,
redeem oneself,
redress the balance,
requite,
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.
