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from The Century Dictionary.
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atone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete See
at one .
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Examples
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You have Al Gore, Mr. Green himself, who flies all over in a private jet to preach about global warming and then buys carbon credits from his own company to attone.
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Any Management facing a union election should look in the mirror, recognize the real reason the election was called, and commit hari kari to attone for their sins.
Matthew Yglesias » Europe: A Continent Full of Lovely Countries 2009
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Between a high-octane offense that features quarterback Matt Barkley, wide receiver Ronald Johnson and tailback Marc Tyler and a defense that will be looking to attone for last week's porous effort against Hawaii, USC will have plenty of weapons and motivation at its disposal during first-year Coach Lane Kiffin's home debut.
Poll: How will Virginia fare at No. 16 Southern California 2010
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In 1982 he appeared in Who Dares Wins as a police commander, and continued many television and film appearances, and between 1985 and 1989 he was The Equalizer for eight seven episodes, a man who has retired from his job working for a secret government agency called The Company, and now works as a man for hire, trying to attone for his previous wrong doings.
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You are just so consumed with bigotry because you are trying to attone for your own hatred and bigotry.
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He is trying to attone for his role in the bloodshed of countless thousands of innocent Iraqis as well as the killed and wounded U.S. and coalition men and women.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Powell Says U.S. Went Into Iraq Without Enough Troops 2006
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However, it has so far opened the Eyes of my Understanding, as to know that nothing but a sincere Repentance will attone for my Transgressions.
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However, it has so far opened the Eyes of my Understanding, as to know that nothing but a sincere Repentance will attone for my Transgressions.
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And all my religious brothers and sisters in the flyover states, aren't you supposed to in some way attone for your sins?
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My sins are your sins, for which you never attone when will I learn? when will I stop hating the rest of the world, for not being you?
wendchymes Diary Entry wendchymes 2007
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