| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To expiate or purge.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb atone.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (atone) | 1. Turn away from sin or do penitence.[Wordnet]. 2. Make amends for; "expiate one's sins".[Wordnet]. 3. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.[Websters]. 4. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.[Websters]. 5. To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.[Websters]. 6. To unite in making.[Websters]. 7. To make satisfaction for; to expiate.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: atoning, atoned, atones, atoner, atoners, atoningly and atonedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being penitent.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being apologetic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being satisfactory or satisfying. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being expiatory or propitiatory.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "ATONING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1730. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ATONING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Reconciling. Obs.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of atone. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
