fence-mending
[ fens-men-ding ]
noun
the practice of reestablishing or strengthening personal, business, or political contacts and relationships by conciliation or negotiation, as after a dispute, disagreement, or period of inactivity.
adjective
of, relating to, or promoting fence-mending.
Origin of fence-mending
11940–45; Americanism
Words Nearby fence-mending
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How to use fence-mending in a sentence
OK, the gathering was billed as a fence-mending session, so no one was expecting a blast of hot rhetoric.
Nevertheless he ordered his ranger to knock off fence mending for the present.
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