mended
Restored to function
Mended is the past tense of mend, meaning repaired or restored to working condition.
Clothes are mended by sewing, fences by patching, bones by healing.
Relationships and hearts can also be mended: They mended their differences after years apart.
A mended sock, a mended friendship.
Repaired with covering material
- sewnJoined by thread
- stitchedFastened with thread
- fixedRestored or immovable
- darnedMildly cursed euphemism
cobbled · tailor · seamstress · needle · thread · fabric · clothing · garment
Restored to working order
- renovatedUpdated and repaired
- reconditionedRestored to good condition
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- vintageQuality from past eras
furniture · heirloom · artifact · preservation · conservation · craftsman · original · condition
Regaining what was lost
- recuperationGradual return to health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- wellnessOverall state of health
- curedRestored to health
bandaged · healing · bone · fracture · wound · scar · therapy · treatment
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- relationshipConnection between entities
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- familyRelated people together
rift · breach · quarrel · feud · estrangement · peace · understanding · compromise
patched
Repaired with covering material
darned · cobbled · tailor · seamstress · needle · thread · fabric · clothing · garment · tear
refurbished
Restored to working order
- renovatedUpdated and repaired
- reconditionedRestored to good condition
- antiqueOld valued collectible
vintage · furniture · heirloom · artifact · preservation · conservation · craftsman · original · condition · salvaged
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- recuperationGradual return to health
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- wellnessOverall state of health
cured · bandaged · healing · bone · fracture · wound · scar · therapy · treatment · splint
forgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
- relationshipConnection between entities
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
family · rift · breach · quarrel · feud · estrangement · peace · understanding · compromise · resolution
- alteredmodified, changed, altered, edited, revised
- repairedpatched, fixed, restored, rebuilt, refurbished
- restoredrestored, recovered, rebuilt, renewed, revived
- piecedpatched, stitched, sewn, quilted, patchwork
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- renewedrenewed, refurbished, reconditioned, restored, rebuilt
- make do and mendPhilosophy of resourceful repair
- on the mendGradually recovering health
- mended one's waysCorrected past behavior
- mending fencesRepairing damaged relationships
- mend fencesRestore strained relations
- mend one's waysCorrect one's behavior
mend, recommend, amend, amends, mending, commend, recommended, recommendation, mends