amends

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

Recompense for grievance or injury: The new law offers no amends to victims of crime. I assured them that no amends are necessary. You must make amends to them for the insult. See synonyms at reparation.

[Middle English amendes, from Old French, pl. of amende, reparation, from amender, to amend. See amend.]

noun

Something to make up for loss or damage: compensation, indemnification, indemnity, offset, quittance, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff. See substitute.

IN BRIEF: To make restitution or repair a wrong.

Tonya wanted to make amends with her best friend.

Tutor's tip: You can "amend" (fix) many things in life, but you can only "emend" (correcting text) a text document and hope you won't have to make "amends" (pay compensation or fines) for it later!

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
  Synonyms: damages, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress

Meaning #2: something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
  Synonym: reparation

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - erstatning, oprejsning

idioms:

• make amends    give oprejsning

Nederlands (Dutch)
(schade)vergoeding

Français (French)
n. pl. - compensation, réparation, dédommagement

idioms:

• make amends    faire amende honorable, se racheter

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Schadenersatz

idioms:

• make amends    etwas wiedergutmachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επανόρθωση, αποκατάσταση

idioms:

• make amends    επανορθώνω, αποζημιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
ammenda, risarcimento

idioms:

• make amends    scusarsi, fare ammenda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - compensação (f) (por perdas e danos) (Jur.)

idioms:

• make amends    compensar por alguma coisa

Русский (Russian)
компенсация, вознаграждение

idioms:

• make amends    загладить вину

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - indemnización, reparación, compensación

idioms:

• make amends    compensar, indemnizar, reparar (una ofensa)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vederlag, upprättelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赔罪, 赔偿

idioms:

• make amends    给...以补偿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 賠罪, 賠償

idioms:

• make amends    給...以補償

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 보상

idioms:

• make amends    보상하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 埋め合わせ, 償い

idioms:

• make amends    償いをする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تعويض, ترضيه, يقدم تعوضا او ترضيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮פיצויים‬

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