Make up for wrongdoing Crossword Clue

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REPENT

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. turn away from sin or do penitence
2. make amends for

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WRONGDOING (noun)
1. activity that transgresses moral or civil law
2. departure from what is ethically acceptable
MAKE (verb)
1. put in order or neaten
2. eliminate urine
MAKE (noun)
1. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
2. a recognizable kind

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

REPENT
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
OATEN

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26. Dollars for quarters

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36. Garments apocryphally invented by Otto Titzling (but actually invented by Caresse Crosby)

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33. Drained of color

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