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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Verb
  • In 2020, a judge ruled that shareholders had been fairly compensated.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • If a borrower, in this case, the U.S. government defaults on its debt, the seller must compensate the buyer.
    Lee Ying Shan,Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Wider adoption of stablecoins may coincide with participation by non-bank firms, which may result in assets that lack the protection of federal deposit insurance and the anti-fraud stipulations allowing users to redeem funds spent wrongfully or mistakenly, some experts said.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 May 2025
  • In addition to purchases at GM dealerships, the credit card also allows customers to gain and redeem points on digital services like most OnStar plans and Super Cruise, the hands-free driver assistance technology.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Men like him, who risked their lives for a country a world away, were repaid with doors slammed in their faces.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
  • Under the deal, New Line and Horizon Series were each required to repay a portion of the financing.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • This article was updated to correct the Miami commission seat sought by Tommy Regalado and the policing position held by Joe Carollo.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
  • This story was updated to correct a typo in Mandi Jung's name.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 4 Jun. 2025.

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