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atone for

verb as in counterbalance

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For organizations, the research offers some important new insights -- most notably the fact that leaders who seek to atone for intermittent bad behavior are often doing real harm to their employees.

Prior to kick-off, Farrell said some of his players were "lucky" to get the opportunity to atone for their opening autumn performance.

From BBC

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a state task force to study and propose remedies to atone for the legacy of slavery.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers in 2020 touted a law to create a state task force to study and propose remedies to atone for the legacy of slavery.

Despite the bill signings, advocates for reparations have criticized the governor and Democratic lawmakers for making meager progress on its “first in the nation” effort to study, propose and adopt remedies to atone for slavery that began in 2020.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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