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 have atoned
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future perfectof atone.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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His master groaned, And begged with tears, as one by fear unmanned To die, for then his life will have atoned For what may hap unless his note were sent with speed!
From Rowena & Harold A Romance in Rhyme of an Olden Time, of Hastyngs and Normanhurst by William Stephen Pryer
Lisa will rectify all that, and then the old man will have atoned for his sin.
From Lucky Pehr by Velma Swanston Howard
