[V] ~ (for sth) (formal) to act in a way that shows you are sorry for doing sth wrong in the past:
to atone for a crime * a desire to atone
atonement noun [U]:
to make atonement for his sins * Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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