# atone

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈtəʊn/ · frequency rank #34,387

## Definitions
1. To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
2. To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
3. To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
4. To unite in making.
5. To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

## Etymology
From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at + one. Compare Latin adūnō (“I unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.

## Easily confused with
- **atop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atone-vs-atop)
- **Avon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atone-vs-avon)
- **axon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atone-vs-axon)
- **awoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atone-vs-awoke)
- **ate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ate-vs-atone)
- **ATO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ato-vs-atone)
- **Anne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anne-vs-atone)
- **atom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atom-vs-atone)
- **acne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acne-vs-atone)
- **anon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anon-vs-atone)
- **aloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aloe-vs-atone)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aron-vs-atone)
- **Arne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arne-vs-atone)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alon-vs-atone)
- **aeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aeon-vs-atone)
- **along** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/along-vs-atone)
- **among** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/among-vs-atone)
- **above** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/above-vs-atone)
- **alone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alone-vs-atone)
- **atoms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/atoms-vs-atone)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aotne`, `atnoe`, `atoen`, `atonne`, `attone`, `taone`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/atone