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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The leaders of the programs, the head coaches, are compensated well.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Aug. 2025 -
Shareholders will be compensated with $16.75 per share in cash, a 26% premium above the previous closing price.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Excitement is building in Lawrence as quarterback Jalon Daniels and the rest of the team look to redeem themselves after an up-and-down 2024.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
22 Aug. 2025
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These tickets have to be redeemed at the Florida Lottery main office in Tallahassee or one of the district offices.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Aug. 2025
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The new option is intended to replace several older programs that have allowed borrowers repay their student loans based on their income, with eventual student loan forgiveness after years in repayment.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Weeks later, the U.S. envoy to Cambodia at the time emphasized that Cambodia should repay hundreds of millions of dollars in loans from the 1970s, originally given as food aid to the Lon Nol government.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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Some violations were corrected during the inspection.—
Evan Moore
August 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Aug. 2025
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Individuals would also gain the right to access and correct the information used in such decisions, and both developers and deployers would be required to implement procedures to support those rights.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2023
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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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“Atone (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atone%20%28for%29. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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