[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]