"mend one's ways" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-mend one's ways.ogg Forms: mends one's ways [present, singular, third-person], mending one's ways [participle, present], mended one's ways [participle, past], mended one's ways [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=mend one's ways}} mend 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)
  1. (idiomatic) To recognise one's failings and attempt to remedy them. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: the error of one's ways Translations (attempting to remedy one's failings): parantaa tapansa (Finnish), faire amende honorable (French), ravvedersi (Italian), enmendarse (Spanish), tener propósito de enmienda (Spanish), hối cải (Vietnamese)

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