Amend

Definitions

1. An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
   plural-normally
2. A surname.
3. Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, plural-normally

Equivalents

Examples

“Thus by the code of the Visigoths, it was forbidden to all strangers to take⟳ their subjects under a penalty of one hundred lashes and an amend in gold.”

“It was her offer⟳ of surrender⟳ as an amend that, persuading him of her shining honesty, had aroused in him something akin to worship⟳ and had made an end⟳ of that cynical spirit in which for worldly ends he had aimed at marrying her.”

“Did I owe⟳ him an amend? Probably not, but I did owe⟳ myself an amend. I did this by ceasing to resent.”

“The point⟳ was, I wasn't really willing to make⟳ the amend, to make⟳ it right. But the point⟳ of an amend, as I understand⟳ it now, is to make⟳ it right for the person who was wringed, to the best of our ability, and in so doing, making it right for ourselves.”

“I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.”

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