# amends

Pronunciation: say "uh-MENDZ" /əˈmɛndz/

## Noun

1. Compensation given to make up for an injury or loss; recompense or reparation.
   - Simple: Something you do or give to make up for harm or loss you caused others.
   - _The company paid amends to the families harmed by the chemical spill._
   - _He spent years trying to make amends for the trouble he had caused._
2. Plural of amend. — plural of amend
   - Simple: Plural of amend. Use this form when talking about more than one amend.

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of amend. — third-person singular simple present indicative of amend
   - Simple: The form of amend used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The editor amends each draft carefully before it goes to print._
   - _Whenever an error surfaces, the author amends the relevant passage._

## Origin

This word comes from French amendes, the plural of amende.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/amends (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).