make amends

1. Compensate someone for a grievance or injury, as in They must make amends for the harm they've caused you. This expression was first recorded in 1330.

Example Sentences

Will Alexander Isak get the move to Liverpool he wants... or have to try to make amends at St James' Park?

From BBC

Menendez said he saw his work with the inmate as a way to make amends for his father.

From Los Angeles Times

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt scrambled to make amends for Bondi’s apparent faux pas on Monday, saying that Bondi’s list was metaphorical, and that she was referring to the “entirety of all of the paperwork.”

From Salon

This is where people who have caused harm should be brought together with people who have suffered it "so they can discuss the impact, take responsibility, and work collaboratively to make amends".

From BBC

The Briton let a victory slip through his fingers after taking pole in Canada last year and said he wanted to make amends for that.

From BBC

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