amends

  • 31amends — A satisfaction given by a wrongdoer to the party injured, for a wrong committed …

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  • 32amends — Satisfaction for an injury. See damages …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 33make amends — COMPENSATE, recompense, indemnify, make it up to; atone for, make up for, make good, expiate. → amends * * * make amends 1. To supply a loss 2. To compensate (for) • • • Main Entry: ↑amend make amends To render co …

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  • 34offer of amends Law — an offer to publish a correction and an apology for an act of libel. → amends …

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  • 35make amends — to do something because you did not do it when you should have. Wendi hopes that by winning today s match she will make amends to her fans for losing such an easy match yesterday. Usage notes: often followed by a phrase that begins with to, by,… …

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  • 36make amends — after all the pain I ve caused, is it possible to make amends? he s obviously trying to make amends for what he s done Syn: make good, atone, make up, indemnify, expiate …

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  • 37make amends (to somebody) (for something doing something) — make amends (to sb) (for sth/for doing sth) idiom to do sth for sb in order to show that you are sorry for sth wrong or unfair that you have done Syn: ↑make up for something • She tried to make amends for what she had said to her mother by buying …

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  • 38make amends (to somebody) (for for doing something) — make amends (to sb) (for sth/for doing sth) idiom to do sth for sb in order to show that you are sorry for sth wrong or unfair that you have done Syn: ↑make up for something • She tried to make amends for what she had said to her mother by buying …

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  • 39make amends — verb To repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress. I hope they can stop fighting and make amends …

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  • 40offer of amends — See defamation. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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