mend one's ways

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mend one's ways

verb mends one's ways · mending one's ways · mended one's ways

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

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verb to attempt to remedy one's failings

Españolenmendarse, tener propósito de enmienda
Françaisfaire amende honorable
Italianoravvedersi
Tiếng Việthối cải

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@misc{mend_one_s_ways_2026,
  title = {mend one's ways},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mend%20one's%20ways},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}