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What does atone mean?

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Verb
  1. to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed
  2. (proscribed) to clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent
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He will have one more chance to atone for his failure in the final of the triangular series against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Still, an Ashes series has been lost and lost badly, something for which yesterday's win can compensate but not atone.
They may also lie on beds of nails, walk on fire and undertake other penances to build character and atone for sins.
He is desperate to be given a chance to atone for the worst experience of his fledgling career.
Feeling reasonably guilty for my lack of input in our annual dissection, I decided I needed some intellectual nutrition to atone for my sins.
On inquiring, he learned that this man was fasting frequently to atone for his sins.

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