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.

Examples of make amends in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to Deadline, Ringwald will play Van’s mom, a recovering alcoholic doing her best to make amends. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026

How does a person begin to piece his life back together and make amends after all this? —Austin Elias-De Jesus, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026

Firing Nico and cleaning up the scene of the crime by trading Anthony Davis for something while dumping his salary were the requisite first steps in making amends. —Kevin Sherrington feb. 18, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026

Bored with golfing and grilling, the underlying motivation for returning to London is to make amends with the people in his life, and to make an attempt at being a better mentor, father, and human being. —Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for make amends

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