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amends

noun

1 amends

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

synonyms: damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution.

Roget 30: compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification; compromise; etc. 774 neutralization, nullification; counteraction etc. 179; reaction; measure for measure, ... show more

Roget 952: atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; compensation etc. 30; quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation; ... show more

Roget 973: reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon; price.    [payment for damage or debt] indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation; reparation, redress, ... show more

Dutch: schadevergoeding, schadepenningen, smartegeld, smartengeld
Polish: wyrównanie, indemnizacja, odszkodowanie, kompensata, rekompensata, wynagrodzenie, restytucja

2 amends

Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong:
— How can I make amends.

synonym: reparation.

Polish: satysfakcja, naprawa, rekompensata


Moby thesaurus: atonement, balancing, blood money, commutation, compensate, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, damages, expiation, expiatory offering, fixing, guerdon, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity ... show more.

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