Noun amends has 2 senses
  1. damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
    --1 is a kind of compensation
    --1 has particulars:
     relief; actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages; nominal damages; punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money; atonement, expiation, satisfaction
  2. reparation, amends - something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends"
    --2 is a kind of expiation, atonement, propitiation
,Verb amend has 3 senses
  1. amend - make amendments to; "amend the document"
    --1 is one way to
    revise
    Derived forms: noun amendment2, noun amendment1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend - set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
    --3 is one way to correct, rectify, right
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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