Atone vs Apologize - What's the difference?
atone | apologize |
To make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.
(proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
* Froude
To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
(dated) To make an apology or defense; to act as apologist.
As verbs the difference between atone and apologize
is that atone is to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed while apologize is to make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends.atone
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Verb
(aton)Synonyms
* (to make reparation) expiate, propitiateDerived terms
() * atonable * atoneable * atonement * atonerAnagrams
* * English words prefixed with at- ----apologize
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Alternative forms
* apologise (Commonwealth)Verb
(apologiz)- My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
- to apologize for his insolent language