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make amends
verb as in apologize
verb as in atone
verb as in compensate
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verb as in make up
verb as in offset
verb as in recompense
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verb as in redeem
verb as in redress
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verb as in reform
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verb as in refund
verb as in repay
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verb as in requite
verb as in restitute
Example Sentences
The singer-poet, promoting a new album with 33-year-old son Art Garfunkel Jr., also revealed that he and Simon will reconnect again and that their lunch meeting “was about wanting to make amends before it’s too late.”
“I'm going to go somewhere and return to whatever the self is I can recognize,” which is why she originally says, “Hey, I'm leaving. I'm going to Tarpon Springs. Let me go around and make amends to all the folks in my life and tell them I'm out of here. Let me sign these divorce papers. Let me tell my daughter I'm leaving.”
Reparations are measures to make amends for past actions deemed wrong or unfair.
Meanwhile, Tara, trying to make amends for the inadequate parenting of her only child, fears that Roman is depressed.
The district’s favored approach to student discipline involves supporting positive behavior and “restorative practices,” through which students take responsibility for their actions and learn how to make amends.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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