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atone (for)

verb

ə-ˈtōn

Definition of atone (for)

as in to compensate

to make up for (an offense) tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift

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She will also be compensated for 20 unused vacation days and 15 personal leave days.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
They were then compensated based on the impressions and engagement their content generated.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 14 July 2026

Definition of compensate

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On Saturday, July 4, Rita's will mark Independence Day and America's 250th birthday by offering a free Small 4th of Gelati to the first 250 Rita's Ice app users who redeem the promo code USA250 in the app, according to the company.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Addams and Bourne anticipate the dynamic patriotism of the civil rights movement and the quest to redeem (rather than merely recover) the soul of America.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026

Definition of redeem

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Many rebels believed the burden of repaying the public debt fell disproportionately on common people while benefiting elites.

— Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
While some households may have tax debts due to willful negligence, others may accrue large unpaid balances for innocent reasons and don’t have the money to repay, experts said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of repay

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Long before ambient documentation arrived, patients were already reconciling medication lists, catching referral failures, correcting demographic mistakes, and trying to make sense of conflicting recommendations from different specialists.

— Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
This story has been updated to correct the month Leftie Lee’s will close and the date of Tio Lucho’s fundraiser.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of correct

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Larded throughout this scene is that unmistakable suggestion, yet again, that the play exists because its playwright needed — if not to right a cosmic wrong — to create a place to house or expiate his grief.

— Rhoda Feng, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.

— David Axelrod, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023

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