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Atene vs Atone - What's the difference?

atene | atone |

As verbs the difference between atene and atone

is that atene is (obsolete) to irritate; grill; vex; annoy while atone is to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.

atene

English

Verb

(aten)
  • (obsolete) To irritate; grill; vex; annoy.

    • atone

    English

    Verb

    (aton)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (to make reparation) expiate, propitiate

    Derived terms

    () * atonable * atoneable * atonement * atoner

    Anagrams

    * * English words prefixed with at- ----