amends

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈmɛndz/

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amends

1. plural of amend

amends

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

   Synonyms: indemnity, (Northern England, Scotland; in some senses obsolete) mends, redress, restitution

   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.

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

amends

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amend

• “amends”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amends”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• menads, Masden, Edmans, Madsen, desman, Amsden, demans, Madens, Mandés