Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb atone

2 senses of atone

Sense 1
expiate, aby, abye, atone -- (make amends for; "expiate one's sins")
       => right, compensate, redress, correct -- (make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust")

Sense 2
repent, atone -- (turn away from sin or do penitence)