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Noun amends has 2 senses
- 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:
- 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
- amend - make amendments to; "amend the document"
--1 is one way to revise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- 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
- 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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