Amends \A*mends"\, n. sing. & pl. [F. amendes, pl. of amende. Cf. Amende.]

Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation. [Now const. with sing. verb.]

``An honorable amends.'' --Addison.

Yet thus far fortune maketh us amends. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)