mends

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US, UK/mɛndz/

noun

Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.

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assythrequitesatisfactionamendsacquittalbotecompensationindemnification
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Meanings

nounmends pl (plural only)
  1. Synonym of amends.
    1. Scotlandpluralplural onlyRecompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.

      Synonyms: assyth, requite, satisfaction, amends, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation

    2. obsoletepluralplural onlySomething given as compensation.
    3. Scotlandobsoletepluralplural onlyA means of making restoration or reparation; a remedy.

      she has the mends in her own hands.

      c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 69
  2. Northern EnglandScotlandpluralplural onlyRepair, restoration; also, healing, recovery.
noun
  1. pluralplural of mend
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of mend

Synonyms & antonyms

nounRecompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.

Similar
assythrequitesatisfactionamendsacquittalassythbotecompensationindemnificationindemnityquittalrecompensationrecompenseredressreliefremunerationreparationrequitalrequite
Also see
acquittalamendsbotecompensationindemnificationindemnitymendquittalrecompenseredressreliefremunerationreparationrequitalrestitutionsatisfaction

Origin

From mend (noun, verb) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, regular plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mends

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Cite this entry
APA

mends. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mends

MLA

“mends.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mends. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mends,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mends.

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