make amends

THESAURUS

make amends

atone, atone for, compensate, cover, do penance, expiate, fill up, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, indemnify, kick back, live down, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make right, make up for, make up to, pay, pay back, pay damages, pay in kind, pay off, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, propitiate, quit, recompense, recoup, rectify, redeem, redress, refund, reimburse, repair, repay, requite, retaliate, reward, satisfy, set right, square, square it, square things

ROGET THESAURUS

make amends

Reward

VB reward, recompense, repay, requite, remunerate, munerate, compensate, fee, pay one's footing, make amends, indemnify, atone, satisfy, acknowledge, get for one's pains, reap the fruits of, tip.

Atonement

VB atone, atone for, expiate, propitiate, make amends, make good, reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt, set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable, give satisfaction, come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.