Synonyms of the word

expiate

• v. (transitive or intransitive) To atone or make reparation for.
• v. (transitive) To make amends or pay the penalty for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To relieve or cleanse of guilt.
• v. To purify with sacred rites.

aby

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; to atone for, to make amends.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) Endure; remain.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, now limited to Scotland) Endure; experience; tolerate.

abye

• v. Alternative spelling of aby.

atone

• v. To make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offence or a crime or a sin one has committed.
• v. (proscribed) To clear (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

compensate

• v. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
• v. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy;…
• v. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

redress

• v. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
• v. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
• v. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To put upright again; to restore.
• n. The act of redressing; a making right; amendment; correction; reformation.
• n. A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification;…
• n. One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser.
• v. To dress again.
• v. (film) To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
• n. (film) The redecoration of a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.

right

• adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
• adj. Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two…
• adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
• adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
• adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
• adj. Real; veritable.
• adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
• adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
• adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points…
• adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
• adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
• adv. On the right side.
• adv. Towards the right side.
• interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
• interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
• interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
• interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
• interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
• n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
• n. A legal or moral entitlement.
• n. The right side or direction.
• n. The right hand.
• n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
• n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
• v. To correct.
• v. To set upright.
• v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
• v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
• adv. Exactly, precisely.
• adv. Immediately, directly.
• adv. (Britain, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
• adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
• adv. In a correct manner.
• adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.