Atone vs. Wrongdoing

Atoneverb

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.

Atoneverb

To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.

Atoneverb

To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.

Atoneverb

To unite in making.

Atoneverb

(proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.

Atoneverb

To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

Atoneverb

To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime.

Atoneverb

To set at one; to reduce to concord; to reconcile, as parties at variance; to appease.

Atoneverb

To unite in making.

Atoneverb

To make satisfaction for; to expiate.

Atoneverb

make amends for;

Atoneverb

turn away from sin or do penitence

Wrongdoingnoun

(uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.

Wrongdoingnoun

(countable) An instance of doing wrong.

Wrongdoingnoun

Evil or wicked behavior or action.

Wrongdoingnoun

departure from what is ethically acceptable

Wrongdoingnoun

activity that transgresses moral or civil law;

Wrongdoing

A wrong (from Old English wrang – 'crooked') is an act that is illegal or immoral. Legal wrongs are usually quite clearly defined in the law of a state and/or jurisdiction.