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mend one's ways

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
mend one's ways
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Inflected Forms

mends one's ways (present, singular) mending one's ways (participle, present) mended one's ways (participle, past) mended one's ways (past)

Phrases

the error of one's ways

Frequently Paired Words

the error of one's ways

Questions

What does mend one's ways mean?
To recognise one's failings and attempt to remedy them.

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