mends en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /mɛndz/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From mend (noun, verb) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).
Meanings
- (Scotland, plural, plural-only) Synonym of amends. ▸ Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.
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(form-of, plural) plural of mend
form of mend
- (obsolete, plural, plural-only) Synonym of amends. ▸ Something given as compensation.
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(Scotland, obsolete, plural, plural-only) Synonym of amends. ▸ A means of making restoration or reparation; a remedy.
she has the mends in her own hands.
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 69:
- (Northern-England, Scotland, plural, plural-only) Repair, restoration; also, healing, recovery.
Deriveds
Synonyms
recompensation · requite · assyth · restitution · assyth · indemnification · satisfaction · recompense · redress · reparation · mends · requital · remuneration · compensation · requite · satisfaction · amends · acquittal · quittal · relief · indemnity · bote