What is another word for atones?

Pronunciation: [ɐtˈə͡ʊnz] (IPA)

Synonyms for Atones:

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Usage examples for Atones

"I mean," he explained in a voice that barely reached her, "life for all it's worth, to the uttermost, to the last drop in the cup, so that it atones for what's gone before, or may come after."
"The Girl of the Golden West"
David Belasco
But in such Authors, what is good more than atones for what is not so, and 'tis only where a Writer shews a Defect in Will as well as Judgement, that he renders himself blame-worthy, especially in History.
"An Essay on Criticism"
John Oldmixon
We reach the white Dutch town of Tondano as the clock strikes ten, but everyone is in bed at this dissipated hour, and difficulty is experienced even in getting admission to the little Hotel, though the delight of finding an English-speaking landlord atones for a somewhat ungracious reception after a long and painful pilgrimage, which should serve as a solemn warning against the rash attempt to penetrate the wilds of the Minahasa under native guidance.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings

Famous quotes with Atones

  • No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
    Robert Frost
  • Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
    Marguerite Gardiner
  • Inefficiency is a curse; and no good intention atones for weakness of will and flabbiness of moral, mental, and physical fiberno intellectual cleverness, no ability to achieve material prosperity, can atone for the lack of the great moral qualities which are the surest foundation of national might.Righteousness exalteth a nation
    Theodore Roosevelt
  • It is not the healthy, the confident, the proud, the joyous, the happy, that one must love - they have no need of one's love! Arrogant and indifferent, they accept love only as homage that is theirs to command, as their due. The devotion of another is to them a mere embellishment, an ornament for the hair, a bracelet on the arm, not the whole meaning and bliss of their lives. Only those with whom life has dealt hardly, the wretched, the slighted, the uncertain, the unlovely, the humiliated, could really be helped by love. He who devotes his life to them atones to them for what life has taken from them. They alone know how to love and be loved as one should love - gratefully and humbly.
    Stefan Zweig

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