Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- At once; immediately.
- At one and the same time.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
atone .
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Examples
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“Mme. de Beauseant is descended from the House of Burgundy, on the spindle side, ’tis true, but the name atones for everything.
The Deserted Woman 2007
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“Mme. de Beauseant is descended from the House of Burgundy, on the spindle side, ’tis true, but the name atones for everything.
The Deserted Woman 2007
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QPR 2-3 Sunderland Brown 89' Brown atones for some slack defending by coming up from the back to knock the ball into the net from a Richardson corner!
Premier League clockwatch – as it happened | Paul Doyle 2011
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For the secular-minded, humanity atones for its sins through political, economic or ideological enlightenment.
The Enduring Appeal of the Apocalypse Michael Shermer 2011
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Matt, your posting the Velvet Underground atones for all of your past musical sins.
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Democrats – the Party of Slavery and Jim Crow – now atones for its sins by smearing Republicans.
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Democrats – the Party of Slavery and Jim Crow – now atones for its sins by smearing Republicans.
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The next day all of the tope officials at the attendance that atones Cialis calculated the embodiment of the reputedly “fetching” Russian boatwoman.
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At the end, he atones for his own culture's imperialistic sins (call it "white guilt" if you will, but skin color is not the point).
Chris McGowan: Immersion in Pandora: The Virtual World of Avatar 2010
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The script encored the central dynamic that DeMille had used on Union Pacific and North West Mounted Police: a stalwart hero (who in this case does origami), and a lusty, semi-heroic figure who, through a single weakness of character, turns bad but atones by dying nobly (Robert Preston in the earlier films, Wayne in the new one).
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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