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2 definitions found 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.] ``An honorable amends.'' --Addison. Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amends n 1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: {damages}, {indemnity}, {indemnification}, {restitution}, {redress}] 2: compensation (given or received) for an injury or insult; "an act for which there is no reparation"; "how can I make amends?" [syn: {reparation}]
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