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Definition
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)
- He meant to give Fred his full advantage, but it would be well, he thought, to clear her mind of any superstitions, such as women sometimes follow when they do a man the wrong of marrying him as an act of atonement.Book 5 — The Dead Hand (84% in)
- And I wish to make atonement to you as the one still remaining who has suffered a loss through me.Book 6 — The Widow and Wife (87% in)
There are no more uses of "atone" in Middlemarch.
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