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Definition of Amends

1. Noun. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.

2. Noun. Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong. "How can I make amends"

Definition of Amends

1. n. sing. & pl. Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

Definition of Amends

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

2. Verb. (third-person singular of amend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amends

1. amend [v] - See also: amend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amends

amendable amendableness amendation amendations amendatory amende amended amended return amender amenders

amendes amendful amending amendment amendments amends (current term) amene amened amenia amening

amenities amenity amenorrheal amenorrheas amenorrheic amenorrheics amenorrhoea-galactorrhoea syndrome amenorrhoeal

Literary usage of Amends

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"amends, from amend, significa that which amends or makes good. ... A person may make amends for idleness at one time by a double portion of diligence at ..."

2. The Works of Joseph Bellamy by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1850)
"How far beyond the capacity of any finite creature is it to make amends to God for the least sin, which casts such an infinite contempt upon the Most High! ..."

3. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening (1844)
"... as and for amends for the said trespasses, which said sum of £ so tendered and offered as aforesaid, was sufficient amends for the said trespasses, ..."

4. An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius by William Selwyn (1845)
"Tender of amends.—Tender of amends before the taking of a distress makes the distress unlawful, ... Tender of amends after distress, and before impounding, ..."

5. The Works of Joseph Bellamy, D.D., First Pastor of the Church in Bethlem, Conn. by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1853)
"How far beyond the capacity of any finite creature is it to make amends to God for the least sin, which casts such an infinite contempt upon the Most High ! ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1822)
"Tender of amends. Conviction done by virtue of his office, may plead the general issue, not guilty, and give such special matter in evidence to the jury, ..."

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