The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ATONING which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2007.
Making up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ATONING | 50 % | 7 |
| FORMING | 50 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Making up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- made up
- madeup
- inventing
- creating
- fabricating
- concocting
- make believe
- makebelieve
- makings
- imagination
- pretending
- fabricate
Crossword Answer definitions
ATONING verb- To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
- To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
- To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
- To unite in making.
- To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result ATONING
- Making up (for)
- Expiatory
- Making reparations
- Penitent
- Making amends
- Making up
- Lent effort
- Making reparation.
- Penitent's activity
- Activity on Yom Kippur