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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amends/əˈmendz/

▶plural noun (in phr. make amends) compensate for a wrongdoing.

– phrases
offer of amends Law an offer to publish a correction and an apology for an act of libel.

– origin ME: from OFr. amendes ‘penalties, fine’, pl. of amende ‘reparation’, from amender (see amend).

'amends' also found in these Oxford entries:

atone - recompense - reparation

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