All 7 Uses of
atone
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love.†
Chpt 2 *
- Let him give me back only three out of the twenty-eight thousand, and he'll draw my soul out of hell, and it will atone for many of his sins.†
Chpt 3
- …fabrication of the impotent and infinitely small Euclidian mind of man, that in the world's finale, at the moment of eternal harmony, something so precious will come to pass that it will suffice for all hearts, for the comforting of all resentments, for the atonement of all the crimes of humanity, of all the blood they've shed; that it will make it not only possible to forgive but to justify all that has happened with men—but though all that may come to pass, I don't accept it.†
Chpt 5
- It's not worth it, because those tears are unatoned for.†
Chpt 5
- They must be atoned for, or there can be no harmony.†
Chpt 5
- How are you going to atone for them?†
Chpt 5
- Her first rightful lover had come back, the man who wronged her but who'd hurried back to offer his love, after five years, and atone for the wrong with marriage….†
Chpt 9
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)