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amends
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages , indemnity , indemnification , restitution , redress ] something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends" [syn: reparation ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., "restitution," collective singular, from Old French amendes "fine, penalty," plural of amende "reparation," from amender "to amend" (see amend ).
Usage examples of amends.
Then the cure, finding himself thus amerced in fines and amends, said to the judge.
And he insisted on making amends for his imposture the day before an imposture, he pointed out, that had singularly failed due to their collective skills by ordering bumpers of arrack punch.
For if any of the commoners were to make avowry for beasts taken in the common pasture it would then follow that if the Inquest were to pass against the plaintiff, he who avowed the taking in the common pasture would have the return of the beasts and the amends, and not the lord of the pasture, and that would be improper.
He was grateful for her forgiveness, and made amends by acceding to her wishes in regard to mixing with people he found uncongenial and visiting places which held no interest for him, such as dining with Madame de Brocages and running from church to church.
But though the king, by detaining James in the English court, had shown himself somewhat deficient in generosity, he made ample amends by giving that prince an excellent education, which afterwards qualified him, when he mounted the throne, to reform in some measure the rude and barbarous manners of his native country.
It is tempting to conclude that there was an element of remorse and even guilt in this charity - perhaps an attempt to make amends to the enserfed ranks of people from which Praskovya came.
Europe know of the amends I owe to the greatest genius our continent has produced.
She told me I had insulted her grievously, and that unless I made amends I should feel her vengeance.
Bragadin, to whom I told the whole story begging him to press for some signal amends.
I made a lively representation to him of all the grounds on which my landlady required proportionate amends to be made, since the laws guaranteed the peace of all law-abiding people.