make amends
idiom
: 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.
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Doing the work needed on their respective ends, Leslie and Lindsey, who work as authors and humanitarians, were eventually able to make amends.
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Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Regardless, making amends with Ronnie is harder than Lilly would like.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
There’s a moment in the third act where one of the characters makes amends with her family that just hits you right in the heart.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Alex has lived a spectacularly messy, gloriously complicated life and there are a lot of people who he’s had to work hard to make amends with.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Regardless, making amends with Ronnie is harder than Lilly would like.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
There’s a moment in the third act where one of the characters makes amends with her family that just hits you right in the heart.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Alex has lived a spectacularly messy, gloriously complicated life and there are a lot of people who he’s had to work hard to make amends with.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make amends
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“Make amends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20amends. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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