"amends" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
subtypes:
- relief - (law) redress awarded by a court
- actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
- nominal damages - (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
- exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money - (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
- atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong
same as: damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution
is a type of: atonement, expiation, propitiation - the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

same as: reparation