Antonyms for amends


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-mendz
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɛndz


Definition of amends

Origin :
  • early 14c., "restitution," collective singular, from Old French amendes "fine, penalty," plural of amende "reparation," from amender "to amend" (see amend).
  • noun compensation
Example sentences :
  • What riches, or honours, or pleasures, can make us amends for the loss of innocence?
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • This she could not understand, for she had expected an apology as the very least amends he could make.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • I owe you some amends, for you have had a narrow escape of your life this night.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • What amends could he make for the treachery of his little gunboat?
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy » by Florence Partello Stuart
  • You will meet my abstinence by the only amends you can make to me.
  • Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
  • Please stay, Jimps; it's the only amends we can make you, and you must be as hungry as a bear.
  • Extract from : « Under the Country Sky » by Grace S. Richmond
  • I'm sure you have made all the amends in your power, and we are much obliged to you.
  • Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe
  • The least amends I could make was to see that at all events they did not want for the necessities of existence.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Your protection, so that I may die in peace, trying to make some amends for the past.
  • Extract from : « Hunting the Skipper » by George Manville Fenn
  • Now we shall get our rights, and have amends for the stern winter.
  • Extract from : « What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen

Synonyms for amends

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