amends en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈmɛndz/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
Meanings
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Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.
Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.
No amends were forthcoming even after we'd proven they were in the wrong.
As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.
1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
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(form-of, plural) plural of amend
form of amend
Synonyms
satisfaction · redress · reparation · acquittal · compensation · quittal · mends · indemnity · bote · recompense · assyth · mends · relief · restitution · indemnity · redress · recompensation · amends · restitution · requite · indemnification · remuneration · requital
Translations (28)
es reparación (compensation for a loss or injury) · bg компенсация (compensation for a loss or injury) · fo skaðabót (compensation for a loss or injury) · pl odszkodowanie (compensation for a loss or injury) · pl rekompensata (compensation for a loss or injury) · hu kártalanítás (compensation for a loss or injury) · es compensación (compensation for a loss or injury) · hu jóvátétel (compensation for a loss or injury) · pt reparos (compensation for a loss or injury) · cs odškodnění (compensation for a loss or injury) · ru компенса́ция (compensation for a loss or injury) · de Schadensausgleich (compensation for a loss or injury) · is sárabætur (compensation for a loss or injury) · gl reparación (compensation for a loss or injury) · hu kártérítés (compensation for a loss or injury) · pl zadośćuczynienie (compensation for a loss or injury) · de Wiedergutmachung (compensation for a loss or injury) · fi hyvitys (compensation for a loss or injury) · is miskabætur (compensation for a loss or injury) · pt compensação (compensation for a loss or injury) · cs odškodné (compensation for a loss or injury) · de Schadensersatz (compensation for a loss or injury) · cs náhrada (škody) (compensation for a loss or injury) · de Entschädigung (compensation for a loss or injury) · fo endurgjald (compensation for a loss or injury) · hu kárpótlás (compensation for a loss or injury) · fi korvaus (compensation for a loss or injury) · es desagravio (compensation for a loss or injury)