atone
Example Sentences
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German politicians have been largely supportive of Israel as Germany seeks to atone for the legacy of the Holocaust.
From Barron's
If the Seahawks were to win the NFC — and oddsmakers have them as 2½-point favorites — they would look to repeat against Denver or atone for that painful loss to New England.
From Los Angeles Times
Clinton Kelly and Stacy London return as its hosts, older, wiser and atoning for the tough love and scathing real talk they once doled out to style-challenged guests.
From Salon
It was a moment that should be memorialized on Nacua’s robust career highlight reel, and helped him atone for a rare dropped would-be touchdown at the end of the first half.
From Los Angeles Times
Early Christians were acutely aware that they were sinners, that they would be judged in death for what they had done in life, that they needed to atone and seek God’s forgiveness.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.