Meanings
verbmend 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)
present singular third person mends one's ways · participle present mending one's ways · participle past mended one's ways · past mended one's ways
- idiomaticTo recognise one's failings and attempt to remedy them.
Translations
Finnish parantaa tapansa
- parantaa tapansato attempt to remedy one's failings
French faire amende honorable
- faire amende honorableto attempt to remedy one's failings
Italian ravvedersi
- ravvedersito attempt to remedy one's failings
Polish naprawiać swoje błędy, naprawić swoje błędy
- naprawiać swoje błędyto attempt to remedy one's failings
- naprawić swoje błędyto attempt to remedy one's failings
Spanish enmendarse, tener propósito de enmienda
- enmendarseto attempt to remedy one's failings
- tener propósito de enmiendato attempt to remedy one's failings
Vietnamese hối cải
- hối cảito attempt to remedy one's failings
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APA
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Chicago
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