make amends
Right a wrong
To make amends is to compensate for a wrong or injury you've caused—to repair damage to a relationship or situation through apology, restitution, or changed behavior.
He sent flowers to make amends for forgetting their anniversary.
The phrase often implies genuine effort to set things right, not just saying sorry.
Resolving conflicts through negotiation
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- accordHarmony between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
compromise · forgiveness · rapprochement · mediation · olive branch · truce · healing · reunion
Expressing regret or apology
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
confession · acknowledgment · apologize · mea culpa · excuse · guilt · sincerity · explanation
Payment for services rendered
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- recompensePayment for loss
- redressCompensation for injury
indemnity · damages · payback · settling accounts · paying back · restoration · return · replace
Compensation for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
rehabilitation · reformation · renewal · expiation · deliverance · second chance · fresh start · self-improvement
peacemaking
Resolving conflicts through negotiation
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- accordHarmony between parties
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
resolution · compromise · forgiveness · rapprochement · mediation · olive branch · truce · healing · reunion · mending fences
sorry
Expressing regret or apology
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
penitence · confession · acknowledgment · apologize · mea culpa · excuse · guilt · sincerity · explanation · compunction
compensation
Payment for services rendered
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- recompensePayment for loss
redress · indemnity · damages · payback · settling accounts · paying back · restoration · return · replace · reimburse
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- penanceSelf-mortification for wrongdoing
- salvationDeliverance from harm
purification · rehabilitation · reformation · renewal · expiation · deliverance · second chance · fresh start · self-improvement
- Personal Changereform, repent, turn over a new leaf, straighten up, improve
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, harmony
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
- fixesfix, repair, mend, correction, correct
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations
make amendshold a grudge
Maintain lasting resentment
add insult to injury · bear a grudge · retaliate · take revenge · get even
make amendshold a grudge
Maintain lasting resentment
keep score · seethe · brood
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