Synonyms for amends
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Noun
1. Redress — compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation
redress, reparation, restitution, indemnity, indemnification, recompense, compensation, satisfaction, mends UK, expiation, remuneration, atonement, damages, relief, requite, reimbursement, requital, redemption, repayment, propitiation, quittal dated, assyth dated
Other
apology, acknowledgement UK, acknowledgment US
Definitions
- n. 1
Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.
Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.
Related words
- Phrases
- make amends
Example sentences
- restitution Tom has been ordered to pay restitution.
- redress You have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
- apology Yanni's apology devolved into a physical argument.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| amends | falling | |
| restitution | rising | |
| redress | steady | |
| reparation | falling | |
| recompense | steady | |
| apology | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- mends
- 6 letters
- relief2, assyth
- 7 letters
- damages3, apology4, redress2, requite, quittal
- 8 letters
- requital
- 9 letters
- repayment3, atonement3, indemnity4, expiation
- 10 letters
- redemption3, reparation4, recompense3
- 11 letters
- restitution4
- 12 letters
- compensation4, satisfaction4, remuneration5, propitiation
- 13 letters
- reimbursement4
- 14 letters
- acknowledgment4
- 15 letters
- acknowledgement4, indemnification6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relief2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- amende
- Italiano
- contravvenzione
- Español
- multa
- Català
- multa