noun
- A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
- synonyms: damages, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
- Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong.
- usage: "how can I make amends"
- synonyms: reparation
verb
- Make amendments to.
- usage: "amend the document"
- synonyms: amend
- To make better.
- usage: "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
- synonyms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
- Set straight or right.
- usage: "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
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