Shows contrition
The crossword clue "Shows contrition" is answered by ATONES, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ATONES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATONES answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ATONES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATONES, most used first.
- Makes amends - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes up (for) - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Does penance - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
- Expiates - used 27 times, most recently in 2020
- Observes Yom Kippur - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes things right - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Is repentant - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes amends (for) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Salves a guilty conscience - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Compensates - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Squares things - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Makes reparation - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Shows contempt - SNEERS, used 20 times
- Shows to be true - PROVES, used 15 times
- Variety shows - REVUES, used 11 times
- Shows scorn - SNEERS, used 10 times
- Show contrition - REPENT, used 9 times
- Contrition - REGRET, used 8 times
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