atones Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make amends for
    atone; aby; expiate; abye.
    • expiate one's sins
  2. verb turn away from sin or do penitence
    atone; repent.

WordNet

At*ones adverb
Etymology
See Atone.
Definitions
  1. Obs.
    Down he fell atones as a stone. Chaucer.

Webster 1913