0 the act of trying to help opposing sides in a disagreement to agree:
Fence-mending is what she is best at; she's a wonderful listener.
1 trying to help opposing sides in a disagreement to agree:
The UN Secretary General is on a fence-mending mission.
I know that he has some fence-mending to do and some ground to recover.
This has become a kind of basis for fence-mending with the coreligionists on the other side of the border.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
fence-mending
