The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ATONES
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What does ATONES mean?
ATONES verb- To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- To unite in making.
- To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.