All 5 Uses of
atone
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intentions as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?†
Chpt 10 *
- "Though it is difficult," said Jane, "to guess in what way he can mean to make us the atonement he thinks our due, the wish is certainly to his credit."†
Chpt 13
- This was his plan of amends—of atonement—for inheriting their father's estate; and he thought it an excellent one, full of eligibility and suitableness, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part.†
Chpt 15
- She tried to recollect some instance of goodness, some distinguished trait of integrity or benevolence, that might rescue him from the attacks of Mr. Darcy; or at least, by the predominance of virtue, atone for those casual errors under which she would endeavour to class what Mr. Darcy had described as the idleness and vice of many years' continuance.†
Chpt 36
- Their society can afford no pleasure that will atone for such wretchedness as this!†
Chpt 53
Definition:
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(atone) to fix or make up for a wrong -- especially a sin (even if nothing can be done to make up for the wrong other than to show regret)