mends
Pronunciation: /mɛndz/
The English word “mends” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- Recompense; restoration or reparation, especially (Christianity) from sin.
- Something given as compensation.
- A means of making restoration or reparation; a remedy.
- Repair, restoration; also, healing, recovery.
Etymology
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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