amends

amends
Synonyms and related words:
atonement, balancing, blood money, commutation, compensate, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, damages, expiation, expiatory offering, fixing, guerdon, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, lex talionis, make amends, make reparation, make restitution, making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, mending, offsetting, overhaul, overhauling, pay, paying back, peace offering, piaculum, price, propitiation, quittance, reclamation, recompense, rectification, redemption, redress, refund, reimbursement, remedy, remuneration, repair, repairing, reparation, repay, repayment, reprisal, requital, requite, requitement, restitution, retaliation, retribution, return, revenge, reward, salvage, satisfaction, smart money, solatium, squaring, substitution, troubleshooting, wergild

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  • Amends — A*mends , n. sing. & pl. [F. amendes, pl. of amende. Cf. {Amende}.] Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [Now const. with sing. verb.] An honorable amends. Addison. [1913 Webster] Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. Shak …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • amends — index collection (payment), compensation, damages, expiation, indemnification, indemnity, recompense …   Law dictionary

  • amends — ► PLURAL NOUN (in phrase make amends) ▪ compensate or make up for a wrongdoing …   English terms dictionary

  • amends — [ə mendz′] pl.n. [ME < OFr, pl. of amende, a fine: see AMEND] [sometimes with sing. v.] something given or done to make up for injury, loss, etc. that one has caused [to make amends for rudeness] …   English World dictionary

  • amends — (n.) early 14c., restitution, collective singular, from O.Fr. amendes fine, penalty, plural of amende reparation, from amender to amend (see AMEND (Cf. amend)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • amends — redress, *reparation, indemnity, restitution Analogous words: compensation, recompense (see corresponding verbs at PAY): atonement, expiation (see under EXPIATE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • amends — [n] compensation apology, atonement, expiation, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, redress, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, restoration, satisfaction; concepts 67,104,384 …   New thesaurus

  • Amends — Infobox Television episode Title=Amends Series=Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season=3 Episode=10 Airdate=December 15, 1998 Production=3ABB10 Writer=Joss Whedon Director=Joss Whedon Episode list=List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes Prev=The Wish… …   Wikipedia

  • amends — n. to make amends for (he wanted to make amends for the damage that he had caused) * * * [ə mendz] to make amends for (he wanted to make amends for the damage that he had caused) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • amends — /euh mendz /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense. 2. Obs. improvement; recovery, as of health. 3. make amends, to compensate, as for an injury, loss, or insult: I… …   Universalium

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