Meaning of Amend | Babel Free

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

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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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