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aby

1 antonym for aby — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — (archaic) To suffer the punishment for something, or to make up for it.

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1. verb

(archaic) To suffer the punishment for something, or to make up for it.

expiate abye atone

2. verb

(archaic) To purchase something.

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Etymology

Aby comes from Middle English abyen, abien, abiggen, from Old English ābyċġan (“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjaną, equivalent to a- + buy. It is cognate with Gothic ???????? (usbugjan), but is not related to abide.

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