amends

pl. [Fr. amende. In Ital. ammenda.] 1. Lit. Satisfaction, compensation; atonement for a wrong committed. "And he shall make amends for the harm he hath done in the holy thing."- Lev . v. 16. 2. Fig .: Compensation for sorrow, suffering, or inconvenience. and finding rich amends For a lost world in solitude and verse." Cowper: Task, bk. iv. * a-mēne, a. [In Sp., Port., and Ital. ameno , from Lat. amænus .] Pleasant. "Dame Nature bade the goddes of the sky. That sche the heven suld keepe amene and dry." Lord Hailes: Bannatyne.