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make amends (third-person singular simple present makes amends, present participle making amends, simple past and past participle made amends)Category:English lemmas#MAKEAMENDS Category:English verbs#MAKEAMENDS Category:English multiword terms#MAKEAMENDS Category:English entries with incorrect language header#MAKEAMENDS Category:Pages with entries#MAKE%20AMENDS Category:Pages with 1 entry#MAKE%20AMENDS

(idiomatic Category:English idioms#MAKEAMENDS) To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.
Synonyms: make up, atone, expiate, (obsolete) aby, (obsolete) abegge

I hope they can stop fighting and make amends.Category:English terms with usage examples#MAKEAMENDS
- 1990, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, “Being Boring”, in Behaviour, performed by Pet Shop Boys:
  We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
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- 2011 January 25, Les Roopanarine, “Wigan 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎:
  But with the home side likewise unable to make the most of a period of first-half ascendancy, Villa were swift to make amends on the restart.
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Translations

to repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress

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Catalan: reconciliar-se (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#MAKEAMENDS
Chinese:
Mandarin: 和解 (zh) (héjiě)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MAKEAMENDS
Czech: usmířit se (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#MAKEAMENDS
Finnish: paikata suhteensaCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#MAKEAMENDS (repair a relationship), sopia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MAKEAMENDS (resolve an argument or fight), hyvittää (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MAKEAMENDS (make reparations)
French: obtenir satisfactionCategory:Terms with French translations#MAKEAMENDS, donner satisfactionCategory:Terms with French translations#MAKEAMENDS, se réconcilier (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#MAKEAMENDS, se racheter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#MAKEAMENDS, faire amende honorable (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#MAKEAMENDS
German: Genugtuung leistenCategory:Terms with German translations#MAKEAMENDS
Hungarian: jóvátesz (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MAKEAMENDS, helyrehoz (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MAKEAMENDS, ^{(please verify)} kárpótol (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MAKEAMENDS Category:Requests for review of Hungarian translations#MAKEAMENDS, ^{(please verify)} kiköszörüli a csorbátCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#MAKEAMENDS Category:Requests for review of Hungarian translations#MAKEAMENDS
Icelandic: bæta uppCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MAKEAMENDS, bætaCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MAKEAMENDS, (to make amends for) bæta fyrirCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MAKEAMENDS
Italian: dare soddisfazioneCategory:Terms with Italian translations#MAKEAMENDS, farsi perdonnareCategory:Terms with Italian translations#MAKEAMENDS, riconciliare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#MAKEAMENDS
Japanese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Japanese#MAKEAMENDS
Latin: expiōCategory:Terms with Latin translations#MAKEAMENDS
Polish: naprawiać (pl) impfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MAKEAMENDS, naprawić (pl) pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MAKEAMENDS
Portuguese: compensar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#MAKEAMENDS
Russian: искупа́ть (ru) (iskupátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MAKEAMENDS
Spanish: reconciliar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#MAKEAMENDS, desagraviar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#MAKEAMENDS, hacer las paces (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#MAKEAMENDS
Swedish: gottgöra (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#MAKEAMENDS