Meaning of AMENDS
| Pronunciation: | | u'mendz
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, reparation, restitution |
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| | 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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| | 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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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