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fence-mending

[ fens-men-ding ]

noun

  1. the practice of reestablishing or strengthening personal, business, or political contacts and relationships by conciliation or negotiation, as after a dispute, disagreement, or period of inactivity.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or promoting fence-mending.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fence-mending1

1940–45; Americanism

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Example Sentences

OK, the gathering was billed as a fence-mending session, so no one was expecting a blast of hot rhetoric.

Nevertheless he ordered his ranger to knock off fence mending for the present.

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