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to make up for (an offense: She decided it was time to make amends for the hurt she had caused her family.  merriam-webster.com); to do something to show you are sorry for hurting or upsetting someone, especially something that makes it better for them (to somebody/for something: He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior. • Nina felt in that moment that somehow she must make amends for all the wrong she had done in her life. • Others include the cathartic process of making amends to the people you have hurt through your addiction. • But the best way of making amends is to substitute for old habits new, and better, ones. • But I must, you are right, make amends for that. • The impulse to make amends is not a bad one. • She felt in the bed for Alice's hand and squeezed it, to make amends. • They now have only one round-robin group match left to make amends. • Kids should be taught to make amends for their own mistakes. ldoceonline.com); to do something good to show that you are sorry about something you have done (to make amends is to correct a mistake you have made, esp. in behavior: She tried to make amends by inviting him out to dinner. • I wanted to make amends for the worry I've caused you.
cambridge.org); to do something to improve the situation after doing something wrong, stupid etc. (He tried to make amends for his rudeness by bringing flowers. • He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail. • He gave her a present to make amends for his rudeness. thefreedictionary.com); if you make amends when you have harmed someone, you show that you are sorry by doing something to please them (He wanted to make amends for causing their marriage to fail. collinsdictionary.com); to compensate, as for an injury, loss, or insult (I tried to make amends for the misunderstanding by sending her flowers. collinsdictionary.com); сompensate or make up for a wrongdoing (Try to make amends for the rude way you spoke to Lucy lexico.com); to repair a relationship (wiktionary.org); to resolve an argument or fight (I hope they can stop fighting and make amends. wiktionary.org); to make reparations or redress (But with the home side likewise unable to make the most of a period of first-half ascendancy, Villa were swift to make amends on the restart. wiktionary.org) |
