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# amends

noun (plural only, in "make amends")

«amends» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Something you do to show you are sorry and to put right a wrong you did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#m1)
2. To make amends for something can also mean to make up for a fault or lack so that it is balanced out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and everyday life about saying sorry with actions: make amends for breaking a friend's toy. It tells the reader a character is trying to fix a mistake. Phrases: make amends, make amends for, make amends to someone.

### Examples

- He made amends by buying her a new pencil case. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#x1)
- I want to make amends for being rude. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#x2)
- She made amends to her brother by sharing her sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#x3)
- The team made amends for last week's loss by winning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#x4)
- You can make amends by helping clean up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#x5)
- It's never too late to make amends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#x6)
- To the second son, whose wisdom and prudence made amends for his being rather dull, she gave the government of the earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/#x7)

### Note

Used almost only in "make amends", and always with -s. Not the same as "amend" (verb: to change or correct a text or law). Noun from the verb: amendment.

## In Jewish tradition

In Proverbs, it means making up for a wrong, though fools make light of it.

**Interpretation.** Commentators note that fools laugh at guilt, while honest people seek to repair what they did wrong.

### Examples

- Amends pleadeth for fools; but among the upright there is good will. (Writings PRO.14.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amends/#x1)

### Note

Used almost only in "make amends", and always with -s. Not the same as "amend" (verb: to change or correct a text or law). Noun from the verb: amendment.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «amends» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amends/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«amends» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/amends.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «amends» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amends/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«amends» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/amends.html) on Mova free.