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Atone vs Reparate - What's the difference?

atone | reparate |

As verbs the difference between atone and reparate

is that atone is to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed while reparate is ; restore to proper condition or reparate can be make reparation(s).

As an adjective reparate is

(obsolescent|rare) restored]] to a state of good [[repair#noun|repair; returned to working order.

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- ----

    reparate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the Classical (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolescent, rare) Restored]] to a state of good [[repair#Noun, repair; returned to working order.
  • * For examples of the usage of this term see the .

    • References

    * “ †?reparate, ppl. a.'']” listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] , second edition (1989)
    Gives the Latin etymology and defines the adjective merely as “repaired”; gives one supporting quotation and does not indicate the pronunciation. * “ †reparate, adj.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , draft revision (December 2009)
    Gives the Latin etymology and defines the adjective similarly hereto; gives two supporting quotations and does not indicate the pronunciation.

    Etymology 2

    From the Classical (etyl) .

    Verb

  • ; restore to proper condition.
  • * For examples of the usage of this term see the .
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    References

    * “ reparate, v.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', draft revision (December 2009)
    Gives the Latin etymology, noting “after [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50202915 REPARATION     ''n.''”, and offering for comparison the related adjective ”.

    Etymology 3

    Back-formation from reparation.

    Verb

  • Make reparation(s).
  • Make reparation(s) for; redress.
  • (transitive, chiefly, US) Make reparation to; compensate.
    • Quotations
    * For examples of the usage of this term see the .

    References

    * Ole R. Reuter, On the Development of English Verbs from Latin and French Past Participles'' (Helsingfors, 1934), page 155]
    reparate 1922 [back-form. f. ''reparation     . * “reparate, v.''” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary , draft revision (December 2009)
    Lists this verb as the same word as , defining it in the transitive senses only. English terms with multiple etymologies ----