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English
Etymology
From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
Pronunciation
Noun
amends
- plural of amend
Noun
amends
- Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.
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:As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.
Usage notes
- Many consider amends a plural-only noun, but historically and in some current usage the singular appears.
- Most commonly found in to make amends.
Synonyms
Translations
compensation for a loss or injury
- Bulgarian: компенсация (bg) (kompensacija)
- Faroese: endurgjald n, skaðabót f
- Galician: reparación (gl) f
- German: Wiedergutmachung (de) f, Schadensersatz (de) m, Schadensausgleich m, Entschädigung (de) f
- Hungarian: kártalanítás (hu), kárpótlás (hu), kártérítés (hu), jóvátétel (hu)
- Icelandic: sárabætur f pl, miskabætur f pl
- Portuguese: compensação (pt) f, reparos m pl
- Russian: компенса́ция (ru) f (kompensácija)
- Spanish: compensación (es) f, reparación (es) f, desagravio (es) m
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Verb
amends
- third-person singular simple present indicative of amend
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