amends

See also: Amends and amends.

English

Etymology

From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈmɛndz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

amends

1. plural of amend

Noun

amends

1. Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

   Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.

   • 1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:

     As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.

Usage notes

• Many consider amends a plural-only noun, but historically and in some current usage the singular appears.
• Most commonly found in to make amends.

Synonyms

• (compensation): reparation, redress, restitution, indemnity

Translations

compensation for a loss or injury

• Bulgarian: компенсация (bg) (kompensacija)
• Czech: odškodnění n, odškodné (cs) n, náhrada (cs) f (škody)
• Faroese: endurgjald n, skaðabót f
• Galician: reparación (gl) f
• German: Wiedergutmachung (de) f, Schadensersatz (de) m, Schadensausgleich m, Entschädigung (de) f
• Hungarian: kártalanítás (hu), kárpótlás (hu), kártérítés (hu), jóvátétel (hu)
• Icelandic: sárabætur f pl, miskabætur f pl
• Portuguese: compensação (pt) f, reparos m pl
• Russian: компенса́ция (ru) f (kompensácija)
• Spanish: compensación (es) f, reparación (es) f, desagravio (es) m

Verb

amends

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amend

References

• “amends”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “amends”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Amsden, Edmans, demans, desman, menads