amends

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌˈmɛndz/

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amends

1. plural of amend

amends

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

   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 2093987:

     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.

• (compensation): reparation, redress, restitution, indemnity

amends

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amend

• amends at OneLook Dictionary Search
• amends in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

• Amsden, Edmans, demans, desman, menads