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amendses

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a⋅mends

[uh-mendz]
–noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
1. reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
2. Obsolete. improvement; recovery, as of health.
3. make amends, to compensate, as for an injury, loss, or insult: I tried to make amends for the misunderstanding by sending her flowers.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME amendes < MF, pl. of amende reparation, n. deriv. of amender to amend


1. redress, restitution.
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