amends

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine

US /əˈmɛndz/ UK /əˈmɛndz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
reparation or compensation made for a wrong or injury

He sent flowers and an apology to make amends for the missed dinner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · reparation or compensation... reparation compensation redress restitution atonement recompense

Word family

Related forms amend amendment mend

Etymology

From Old French amendes ('penalties, fine'), plural of amende ('reparation'), from amender ('to amend'), from Latin emendare ('to correct'), from ex- ('out') + menda ('fault, blemish').

amendes Old French emendare Latin menda Latin

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Health & Medicine

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# amends

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈmɛndz/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈmɛndz/

## Meanings
1. reparation or compensation made for a wrong or injury

## Examples
- He sent flowers and an apology to make amends for the missed dinner.

## Synonyms
- reparation
- compensation
- redress
- restitution
- atonement
- recompense

## Related Forms
- amend
- amendment
- mend

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: amendes
- Root: emendare
- Root: menda

## Etymology
From Old French amendes ('penalties, fine'), plural of amende ('reparation'), from amender ('to amend'), from Latin emendare ('to correct'), from ex- ('out') + menda ('fault, blemish').

## AI Etymology
amends comes from Old French amendes ('penalties, fine'), plural of amende ('reparation'), from amender ('to amend'), from Latin emendare ('to correct'), from ex- ('out') + menda ('fault, blemish'). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the noun sense is "reparation or compensation made for a wrong or injury", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as amend, amendment, mend, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old French amendes, Latin emendare, Latin menda, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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