amends
- noun
- /əˈmɛndz/
:
compensación
- She made amends by volunteering her time to help those she had wronged.
You know, are there are there amends that we owe people?
- You know, are there are there amends that we owe people?
- You're aware, make amends, whatever to really make things OK.
- I would never been able to make those amends with him if that awful situation hadn't happened.
- You know, you, you, my, my, my journey for my soul, James, is to make amends and give back.
- They may still end, but the honest making of amends and accountability can allow growth and healing on both sides.
- Do you want to make amends with your mother or whoever it is?
- I'm accountable and for that I'm making amends.
- And I said I do have to acknowledge and I got to make amends.
- But do you have a plan on on how y'all are going to make amends?
- The thought made him sick and contrite and eager to make amends as best as he could.
- So I think ultimately very ashamed of it, trying to make amends for it specifically with with my wife.
- And her husband died a long time ago and he was the police chief and I made amends with him before he passed away, which was good.
- But that inventory is only helpful to the extent that it then allows you to itemize all of the people to whom you owe amends.
Examples
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I don't believe that you can make amends for those types of acts.
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The thought made him sick and contrite and eager to make amends as best as he could.
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But I'm determined to make amends and for us to be on a path towards union.
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Narcissistic people do not like it when people are not willing to accept their amends, to accept what they do and just move forward.
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They may still end, but the honest making of amends and accountability can allow growth and healing on both sides.
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After realizing his mistake, he offered financial amends to the affected family.
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The company provided amends in the form of compensation after the product recall.
Synonyms
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3.6
Money given to pay someone for work and to make up for loss or injury
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6.9
Giving back something lost or paying money for damage
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7.5
A way to make things right after doing something wrong
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6.8
Giving money or help to make up for a wrong
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7.6
An action or money that corrects a wrong
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9.3
To do something to make up for a wrong and show you are sorry
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8.8
Money that a person receives for loss, damage, or injury
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8.0
Money paid to make up for loss, damage or injury
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8.2
Something, usually money, given to reward effort or to make up for loss
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3.9
An amount of money paid to someone for loss or injury
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Etymology
Amends comes from an old word that meant 'to correct' or 'make better', and it shares the same root as the verb amend. So, to make amends is to give money or do something to fix a wrong and set things right.