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Meanings of amends in English

Portuguese
indemnizações
Catalan
danys i perjudicis
Spanish
restitución

A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.

        indemnizações
        Catalan
        indemnització
        Spanish
        indemnización

        Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong.

              indemnització
              Usage of amends in English
              1
              He made amends in the final session, however, qualifying ahead of Raikkonen.
              The Guardian
              2
              Find some way to make amends; to help them sleep soundly again.
              Complete Books of Blood
              3
              However he quickly made amends, dismissing Steve Smith with an absolute hanger.
              News.com.au
              4
              You know, to sort of make amends for splitting up a family.
              Unfinished desires: a novel
              5
              To make amends, I am in the mood to praise it now.
              The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 1
              6
              But perhaps it is not too late for me to make amends.
              I shall wear midnight
              7
              Maybe it might be better to try to make amends in person.
              Afternoon delight
              8
              We will make amends at Orlando Stadium because it is our home.
              The South African
              9
              We thus hoped to make amends for the smallness of our numbers.
              Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
              10
              But the satisfaction of being together again made amends for all else.
              In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
              11
              The first answer that she received made some amends for previous disappointment.
              The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
              12
              Fortune made amends for the harshness she had shown him at Milan.
              Samuel Brohl and Company
              13
              You cannot make amends for the shame you have brought upon me.
              Welsh Fairy Tales
              14
              This might finally be the time for the Academy to make amends.
              Reuters
              15
              I would see to it that amends were made -afterwe escaped.
              The Memoirs of Cleopatra
              16
              My companion, however, made me amends in some measure for this loss.
              Travels in England in 1782
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              Translations for amends
              Portuguese
              indemnizações
              Amends through the time
              Amends across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
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