Synonyms for Atone for:

• v.

  •answer for (verb)
  • be responsible for,
  • take the blame for,
  • explain,
  • justify,
  • account for,
  • accept the responsibility for.
  •compensate (verb)
  • cancel out,
  • better,
  • negate,
  • abrogate,
  • improve,
  • balance,
  • countervail,
  • neutralize,
  • counterpoise,
  • negative,
  • counterbalance,
  • nullify,
  • outweigh,
  • redress,
  • annul,
  • counteract,
  • invalidate,
  • make amends,
  • fix,
  • set off.
  •counterbalance (verb)
  • compensate,
  • cancel,
  • redeem,
  • make up for,
  • equalize,
  • rectify,
  • amend,
  • correct.
  •counterbalance, compensate (verb)
  • offset.
  •expiate (verb)
  • appease,
  • absolve,
  • pay one's dues,
  • do penance,
  • remedy,
  • atone,
  • square things,
  • excuse,
  • forgive.
  •make amends for (verb)
  • expiate.
  •outweigh (verb)
  • prevail,
  • surpass,
  • exceed,
  • preponderate,
  • take precedence,
  • overshadow,
  • outrun,
  • outrival,
  • predominate,
  • eclipse,
  • outbalance,
  • excel,
  • overcome.
  •recompense (verb)
  • remunerate,
  • pay for,
  • do business,
  • retrieve,
  • ante up,
  • put out,
  • reciprocate,
  • indemnify,
  • recoup,
  • return,
  • COMP,
  • reimburse,
  • spring for,
  • reward,
  • repay,
  • cough up,
  • recover,
  • pay,
  • take care of,
  • overcompensate,
  • swing for,
  • retaliate,
  • grease,
  • sweeten the pot.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • answer for.
  •answer for
  • is responsible for.
  •compensate
  • Negativing,
  • Counterpoising,
  • makes amends,
  • Negatived,
  • setting off,
  • made amends,
  • making amends,
  • atoned for,
  • cancelling out,
  • cancelled out,
  • canceled out,
  • counterpoised.
  •expiate
  • squaring things,
  • pay dues,
  • expiates,
  • doing penance,
  • Remedied,
  • paid one's dues.
  •outweigh
  • outbalanced,
  • outrivalling,
  • tip the scales,
  • outrivaled,
  • outbalancing,
  • out weigh,
  • outrivaling,
  • outbalances,
  • outrivals,
  • outrivalled,
  • predominates.
  •recompense
  • re-cover,
  • takes care of,
  • COMPS,
  • overcompensated,
  • took care of,
  • giving satisfaction,
  • coughed up,
  • doing business,
  • making good,
  • coughing up,
  • paid for,
  • overcompensating,
  • did business.
  •Other relevant words:
  • propitiate,
  • answer,
  • make matters up,
  • make right,
  • make up,
  • give satisfaction,
  • make amends for,
  • square,
  • live down,
  • recompense,
  • make good,
  • compensate for,
  • satisfy,
  • make reparation.

Antonyms for Atone for:

• v.

  • compensate
    deprive, hurt, penalize, fine, break, support, permit, injure, approve, damage, forfeit, destroy, validate, worsen, lose.
  • counterbalance
    disproportion, imbalance.
  • expiate
    punish, harm, charge, blame.
  • outweigh
    fall behind, fail, surrender.
  • recompense
    take, seize, refuse, dissatisfy.