'amends' definitions:
Definition of 'amends'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress]
noun
Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends" [syn: reparation, amends]
Synonyms of 'amends'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atonement,
- balancing,
- blood money,
- commutation,
- compensate,
- compensation,
- composition,
- compromise,
- consideration,
- correction,
- counteraction,
- counterbalancing,
- damages,
- expiation,
- expiatory offering,
- fixing,
- guerdon,
- honorarium,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- lex talionis,
- make amends,
- make reparation,
- make restitution,
- making amends,
- making good,
- making right,
- making up,
- meed,
- mending,
- offsetting,
- overhaul,
- overhauling,
- pay,
- paying back,
- peace offering,
- piaculum,
- price,
- propitiation,
- quittance,
- reclamation,
- recompense,
- rectification,
- redemption,
- redress,
- refund,
- reimbursement,
- remedy,
- remuneration,
- repair,
- repairing,
- reparation,
- repay,
- repayment,
- reprisal,
- requital,
- requite,
- requitement,
- restitution,
- retaliation,
- retribution,
- return,
- revenge,
- reward,
- salvage,
- satisfaction,
- smart money,
- solatium,
- squaring,
- substitution,
- troubleshooting,
- wergild