1(saying) to give up evil ways and return to the right path; turn over a new leaf; to forsake heresy and return to the truth; to abandon the depraved way of life and return to the path of virtue; to break away from evil ways and return to the orthodox path; to give up an evil way of life and reform oneself; to have a change of heart and do good; to mend one's ways; to return to a lawful way of living; to stop doing evil and reform oneself