Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 : WordNet®

amends
     n 1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn:
           {damages}, {indemnity}, {indemnification}, {restitution},
           {redress}]
     2: something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I
        make amends" [syn: {reparation}]