ē-mendō āvī, ātus, āre
ex + mendum, to free from faults, correct, improve, amend : civitas emendari solet continentiā principum: consuetudinem: res Italas Legibus, H.— To correct, revise : annalīs suos. — To atone for, compensate for : vitia emendata virtutibus, N.: facta priora novis, O.: arte fortunam, H.