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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Amends

/əm-ĕndz'/ · A·mends · IPA /əˈmɛndz/
01 n. sing. & pl. Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
  1. 1.
    Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.[Now const. with sing. verb.]
    “Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends.” Shak.