ppl. a. [f. ATONE v. + -ING2.] Reconciling; making reparation for offences; expiating.
1609. Armin, Maids More-cl. (1880), 107. Two hearts relenting, Thine penetrable, through attoning pittie.
1814. Southey, Roderick, XV. Wks. IX. 137. Who on the Cross Gave his atoning blood for lost mankind.
1879. Geo. Eliot, Theo. Such, 122. Dion’s atoning friendliness has a ring of artificiality.
