make+amends

  • 21make up — [v1] create ad lib*, blend, coin, combine, compose, compound, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, devise, dream up, fabricate, fake it, fashion, fix, formulate, frame, fuse, hatch, improv*, improvise, invent, join, knock off, make, meld,… …

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  • 22amends — n. to make amends for (he wanted to make amends for the damage that he had caused) * * * [ə mendz] to make amends for (he wanted to make amends for the damage that he had caused) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 23amends — Synonyms and related words: atonement, balancing, blood money, commutation, compensate, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, correction, counteraction, counterbalancing, damages, expiation, expiatory offering, fixing, guerdon,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24amends — a|mends [ ə mendz ] noun make amends to try to make a situation better after you have done something wrong: I wish I could make amends somehow …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25amends — /euh mendz /, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense. 2. Obs. improvement; recovery, as of health. 3. make amends, to compensate, as for an injury, loss, or insult: I… …

    Universalium

  • 26amends — a|mends [əˈmendz] n make amends (to sb/for sth) to do something to show you are sorry for hurting or upsetting someone, especially something that makes it better for them ▪ He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27amends — plural noun make amends make amends to …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 28amends — n 1. reparation, compensation, recompense, satisfaction; requital, quittance, payment, Literary. guerdon; indemnification, indemnity, restitution, restoration, remedy, redress; atonement, expiation; reward, retribution, return, salvage,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 29amends — plural noun (in phr. make amends) compensate for a wrongdoing. Phrases offer of amends Law an offer to publish a correction and an apology for an act of libel. Origin ME: from OFr. amendes penalties, fine , plural of amende reparation , from… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30amends — noun make amends to say you are sorry for the harm you have caused and try to make things better …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English