atone
verb (used without object)
to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed byfor ).
will atone
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future tenseof atone.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Only a comprehensive victory will atone for their shambolic showing at Bradford while increasing belief that this side have the wherewithal to survive a relegation fight.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2013
"While those who refuse to accept that reality may take satisfaction from this event, nothing the Munich court can do will atone for the suffering Germany has perpetrated upon him to this day," he said.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2011
"We are hopeful that this will atone for some of that."
From Time Magazine Archive
I am at least willing to do my best in talking, in singing and in striking the dulcet chords of music, and wherein I may happen to fall short, others will atone for my deficiencies.
From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Charles H. Fowler
And God will atone for them, and they will see his salvation with joy, because they trusted in his holy name.
From The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect by George Foot Moore
