bote

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UK/bəʊt/US/boʊt/

noun

Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.

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recompenseremunerationrestitutionamendsacquittalassythcompensationindemnification
OriginMiddle English bōte ← Old English bōt ← Proto-West Germanic *bōtu →
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Meanings

nounbote (countable and uncountable, plural botes)

plural botes · alternative bot

  1. countablehistoricaluncountablelawAtonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.

    Synonyms: recompense, remuneration, restitution, amends, acquittal, assyth, compensation, indemnification

  2. countablehistoricaluncountablelawA privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  3. countablehistoricaluncountablelawA right to take wood from property not one's own.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAtonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.

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recompenseremunerationrestitutionamendsacquittalassythcompensationindemnificationindemnitymendsquittalrecompensationrecompenseredressreliefremunerationreparationrequitalrequite
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acquittalamendsassythcompensationestoversindemnificationindemnitymendsquittalrecompenseredressreliefremunerationreparationrequitalrestitutionsatisfaction

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*bōtō“recompense”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*bōtu
  3. Old Englishbōt“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”
  4. Middle Englishbōte“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”
  5. Englishbote

Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bote

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

bote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bote

MLA

“bote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bote. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bote.

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