atoner

English

Etymology

atone +‎ -er

Noun

atoner (plural atoners)

1. One who atones.
   • 2007 September 30, Paul Theroux, “Stanley, I Presume”, New York Times:

     Oh, and the atoner, of whom Thoreau observed in a skeptical essay: “Now, if anything ail a man so that he does not perform his functions ... if he has committed some heinous sin and partially repents, what does he do?

Anagrams

• ornate
• rotane