Definitions for: Amends


[n] something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"
[n] a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. --Shak.

Synonyms: damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, reparation, restitution

See Also: actual damages, atonement, atonement, compensation, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, expiation, expiation, general damages, nominal damages, propitiation, punitive damages, relief, satisfaction, smart money

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