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atone v. expiate, make amends, pay, repay, answer, compensate;
redress, remedy, propitiate, redeem: Nothing can atone for her
betrayal of him to the enemy. He has atoned for his sins many
times over.
atonement n. amends, propitiation, reparation, repayment, compensation,
payment, restitution, recompense, expiation, penance,
satisfaction: He sent her flowers in atonement, together with a
note apologizing profusely for his actions.
atrocious adj. 1 cruel, wicked, iniquitous, villainous, fiendish,
execrable, appalling, abominable, monstrous, inhuman, savage,
barbaric, brutal, barbarous, heinous, dreadful, flagrant,
flagitious, gruesome, grisly, ruthless, ghastly, unspeakable,
horrifying, horrible, awful, infamous, infernal, satanic,
hellish: They will never forget the atrocious crimes that took
place during the war. 2 awful, terrible, bad, rotten, horrid,
appalling, frightful, horrendous, Colloq lousy: That's the most
atrocious book it has ever been my misfortune to review.
Priscilla has atrocious taste.
atrocity n. 1 enormity, wickedness, flagitiousness, iniquity, infamy,
cruelty, heinousness, horror, evil, inhumanity, barbarity,
savagery: The atrocity of the 'Final Solution' was a well-kept
secret during the war. 2 evil, outrage, crime, villainy,
offence: She could not listen when the prosecutor read a list
of the atrocities perpetrated at the camp.
attach v. 1 fasten, join, connect, secure, fix, affix; tack or hook or
tie or stick on, pin, rivet, cement, glue, bond, solder, weld,
braze; unite; Nautical bend: The tag is still attached to your
dress. Attach this to the wall. How do I attach the sail to the
spar? 2 connect, associate, assign, affiliate, enlist, join,
add, subjoin, Brit second: Her brother-in-law has been attached
to my regiment. 3 endear, attract: I won't say that we were in
love, but I was very closely attached to her. 4 fix, affix, pin,
apply, ascribe, assign, attribute, put, place: Why do you
attach so much importance to what Dora says? 5 adhere, cleave,
stick: Many legends have attached themselves to Charlemagne. 6
seize, lay hold of, confiscate, appropriate: If he cannot meet
the mortgage payments the bank will attach his house.