Amends
[ə'men(d)z] or [ə'mɛndz]
Definition
(n. sing. & pl.) Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Compensation (for loss or injury), recompense, indemnification, indemnity, reparation, restitution, redress, atonement, satisfaction.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:compensation, satisfaction, acknowledgment, atonement, expiation, recompense,indemnity, remuneration, apology, reparation, restitution
ANT:Insult, fault, offense, injury
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Examples
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for the loss of my friend. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It seems to me, after maturely thinking it over, that the best amends for having got out of the square is to get back into the square. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was the way I brought myself to think, mother, that my best amends was to lie upon that bed I had made, and die upon it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I told the gentleman at first, when he told me upstairs it was come to light, that I would answer for your being umble, and making amends. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I would rather do without something for ourselves, to make some amends to my poor brother's family. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My sex owes you every amends for the treatment you received in days gone by. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The best kind of amends then for having gone away is to keep away, in my opinion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And I don't believe in any pay to make amends for bringing a lot of ruffians to trample your crops. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Her captor alone could cheer her; his society only could make amends for the lost privilege of liberty. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But your homely fare is before you; feed, and let welcome make amends for hard fare. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As the best amends I can make you for having ever gone into it, I make known to you, as a warning, what Wegg has found out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Hereafter I will make amends for delay by candour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Not even to try to make some amends? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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