amends : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amends	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amends n a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury Synonym(s): damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends" Synonym(s): reparation, amends
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] [bd]An honorable amends.[b8] --Addison. Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. --Shak.