make right
Fix an error
To make right is to correct something wrong or remedy an injustice.
A company might make right a billing error by issuing a refund.
The phrase often implies moral obligation—acknowledging harm and taking action to fix it: He wanted to make right what he'd done to her.
Sometimes the goal is restoration: We're trying to make things right between us.
- repairRestore to working order
- fixRepair or solution
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- correctFree from error
- compensateMake up for
mend · vindicate · reconcile · bury the hatchet · patch · atone · redress · rectify · expiate · justice · settle · adjust · wipe the slate clean · square up · even the score · honor · balance · rehabilitate
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, harmony
make rightignore
Refuse to notice
neglect · let slide · turn a blind eye · overlook · excuse
make rightexcuse
Offered reason for wrongdoing
condone · justify · rationalize · cover up · whitewash
make rightmake worse
Increase severity of
worsen · aggravate · exacerbate · compound · break
right, make, made, maker, making, remake, makes, remade, unmade