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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury;
[syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress]

2. something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;
- Example: "how can I make amends"
[syn: reparation, amends]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

amends
    n 1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
         [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification,
         restitution, redress]
    2: something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I
       make amends" [syn: reparation, amends]