amends
Atonement for wrongdoing
Amends refers to compensation or reparation for a wrong.
The word appears almost exclusively in the phrase make amends, meaning to do something to correct or offset a past offense: He tried to make amends for years of neglect.
Though plural in form, amends functions as a singular concept—you make amends, not an amend.
Compensation for injury done
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- damagesCompensation for injury
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
refund · indemnification · recompense · rectification · payback · recoupment · recovery · satisfaction
Compensation for wrongdoing
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- regretSorrow over past actions
confession · acknowledgment · penitence · sorry · mea culpa · guilt · shame · sincerity
Freedom from disturbance
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
understanding · accord · rapport · compromise · settlement · truce · olive-branch · diplomacy
Official release from punishment
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
compassion · leniency · forbearance · empathy · understanding · reprieve · amnesty · exoneration
reparation
Compensation for injury done
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- damagesCompensation for injury
settlement · refund · indemnification · recompense · rectification · payback · recoupment · recovery · satisfaction · correction
atonement
Compensation for wrongdoing
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
regret · confession · acknowledgment · penitence · sorry · mea culpa · guilt · shame · sincerity · apologize
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
negotiation · understanding · accord · rapport · compromise · settlement · truce · olive-branch · diplomacy · bridge-building
pardon
Official release from punishment
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
grace · compassion · leniency · forbearance · empathy · understanding · reprieve · amnesty · exoneration · condonation
- forgivenessforgiveness of sins, redemption, absolve, mercy, grace
- Penanceconfession booth, act of contrition, contrition, penitent, public penance
- Islamic Lawsharia, Sharia, Shariah, Islamic law, fatwa
- Making amendsapology, atonement, penance, reconciliation, rectifying
- plural-only wordsscissors, pants, trousers, jeans, shorts
- reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
- make amendsCompensate for wrongdoing
- making amendsCompensating for wrongdoing
- made amendsCompensated for wrongdoing
- 15th amendmentBanned racial voting barriers
- Fifth AmendmentProtection against compelled testimony
- First AmendmentConstitutional free expression guarantee
amend, amendment, amended, amending, amendable, unamended, unamendable