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amends definition

amends (ə mendz′)

plural noun

something given or done to make up for injury, loss, etc. that one has caused to make amends for rudeness

Etymology: ME < OFr, pl. of amende, a fine: see amend

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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