To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine
If you try to mend divisions between people, you try to end the disagreements or quarrels between them. He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries = heal
If a relationship or situation is on the mend after a difficult or unsuccessful period, it is improving. More evidence that the economy was on the mend was needed
An independent charitable organisation that provides residential and nursing care for people with mental health problems or learning disabilities
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend ones manners or pace
If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well. He has promised drastic disciplinary action if they do not mend their ways