mend one's ways

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

mend one's ways (third-person singular simple present mends one's ways, present participle mending one's ways, simple past and past participle mended one's ways)

1. (idiomatic) To recognise one's failings and attempt to remedy them.

Translations

attempting to remedy one's failings

• Finnish: parantaa tapansa
• French: faire amende honorable (fr)
• Italian: ravvedersi (it)
• Spanish: enmendarse, tener propósito de enmienda
• Vietnamese: hối cải (vi)

See also

• see the error of one's ways