Damage
Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Make amends is an antonym for damage.
Make amends
Both terms in one sentence
- Sheldon has seriously offended and caused real damage to Howard, and makes a significant sacrifice to him in order to make amends.
Source: Reset Button Ending -
In Days of Wine and Roses, after Joe Clay joins Alcoholics Anonymous, becomes sober and tries to make amends to his father-in-law by offering to pay for the damage he did to his greenhouse.
Source: Reformed, but Rejected - Admittedly, the perpetrator has to show they're trying to make amends before they're forgiven (Mokou, who remains unrepentant, is never forgiven by anybody), with Yukari especially devoting huge amounts of time and effort to fixing the damage she caused.
Source: Easily Forgiven
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