| noun | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury |
| noun | something done or paid in expiation of a wrong “how can I make amends” |
| verb | make amendments to “amend the document” |
| verb | to make better “The editor improved the manuscript with his changes” |
| verb | set straight or right “remedy these deficiencies” |
| indemnify | verb | make amends for; pay compensation for |
| redress | verb | make reparations or amends for |
| repair | verb | make amends for; pay compensation for |
| amendatory | adjective | effecting amendment |
| amendment | noun | a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.) |
| betterment | noun | the act of relieving ills and changing for the better |
| better | noun | the superior one of two alternatives |
| improvement | noun | the act of improving something |
| improver | noun | someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms |
| amendable | adjective | capable of being corrected by additions |
| ameliorative | adjective | tending to ameliorate |
| amelioratory | adjective | tending to ameliorate |
| amelioration | noun | the act of relieving ills and changing for the better |
| meliorative | adjective | tending to ameliorate |
| melioration | noun | a condition superior to an earlier condition |
| rectification | noun | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right |
| rectifier | noun | a person who corrects or sets right |
| remediation | noun | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
| remedy | noun | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil |
| reparation | noun | something done or paid in expiation of a wrong |