make amends

phrase

: to do something to correct a mistake that one has made or a bad situation that one has caused

She tried to make amends by apologizing to him.

I'd like to make amends (to you) for my behavior last night.

Examples of make amends in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gordon tried his best to make amends, even subjecting himself to an unnecessary summer flu shot to get face time with the love of his life, but Ashley wasn’t having it… until an old family photo started giving her second thoughts. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2026

Typically, people will try to make amends with each other and seek forgiveness for wrongdoings. — Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026

But, as Zack Rosenblatt wrote this morning, Johnson, 79, is apparently making amends. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The Brazilian confederation added that the EU failed to consider the rigor of Brazil’s health inspection system and needed to make amends for such a trade imbalance. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for make amends

• superintends
• appends
• ascends
• attends
• befriends
• boyfriends
• commends
• contends
• defends
• depends
• descends
• expends