Synonyms for Making amends:

• n.

  •amende honorable (noun)
  • atonement.

• v.

  •apologize (verb)
  • make up for,
  • crawl,
  • excuse oneself,
  • ask pardon,
  • make reparations,
  • ask forgiveness,
  • bow to,
  • confess,
  • cop a plea,
  • atone,
  • retract,
  • make up with,
  • make amends,
  • purge,
  • admit guilt,
  • offer compensation,
  • beg pardon,
  • withdraw,
  • clear oneself,
  • offer excuse,
  • get down on knees,
  • square,
  • say one is sorry,
  • cop out,
  • give satisfaction.
  •atone (verb)
  • balance,
  • correct,
  • redress,
  • propitiate,
  • counterbalance,
  • absolve,
  • expiate,
  • repair,
  • recompense,
  • outweigh,
  • appease,
  • set off,
  • do penance,
  • make reparation,
  • pay one's dues,
  • take one's medicine,
  • make redress,
  • reconcile,
  • offset,
  • redeem,
  • pay,
  • apologize,
  • answer.
  •atoning (verb)
  • redeeming,
  • Rectifying,
  • Retaliating,
  • Recompensing,
  • Atoning,
  • Compensating,
  • redressing,
  • appeasing.
  •compensate (verb)
  • negate,
  • cancel out,
  • negative,
  • atone for,
  • improve,
  • counterpoise,
  • annul,
  • countervail,
  • nullify,
  • abrogate,
  • better,
  • neutralize,
  • counteract,
  • fix,
  • invalidate.
  •recompense (verb)
  • indemnify,
  • retaliate,
  • return,
  • overcompensate,
  • reimburse,
  • reciprocate,
  • put out,
  • spring for,
  • take care of,
  • reward,
  • recoup,
  • do business,
  • retrieve,
  • sweeten the pot,
  • repay,
  • compensate,
  • COMP,
  • swing for,
  • satisfy,
  • recover,
  • remunerate,
  • grease,
  • ante up,
  • cough up,
  • make good,
  • pay for.
  •redeem (verb)
  • defray,
  • hold to,
  • fulfill,
  • abide by,
  • meet,
  • save,
  • restore,
  • carry out,
  • acquit,
  • keep the faith,
  • rehabilitate,
  • discharge,
  • perform,
  • reinstate,
  • adhere to,
  • keep.
  •redress (verb)
  • countercheck,
  • make restitution,
  • vindicate,
  • reform,
  • turn over new leaf,
  • put right,
  • relieve,
  • recalibrate,
  • ease,
  • revise,
  • remedy,
  • regulate,
  • dial back,
  • cancel,
  • turn things around,
  • adjust,
  • turn around,
  • frustrate,
  • even out,
  • amend.
  •reform (verb)
  • make over,
  • clean up,
  • standardize,
  • reorganize,
  • emend,
  • rework,
  • rearrange,
  • change one's ways,
  • cure,
  • reconstitute,
  • convert,
  • revolutionize,
  • rebuild,
  • transform,
  • renew,
  • ameliorate,
  • remake,
  • renovate,
  • reclaim,
  • regenerate,
  • shape up,
  • bring up to code,
  • uplift,
  • swear off,
  • remodel,
  • go straight,
  • reconstruct,
  • turn over a new leaf,
  • resolve,
  • clean up one's act,
  • refashion.
  •refund (verb)
  • pay back,
  • honor a claim,
  • make repayment,
  • remit,
  • give back,
  • relinquish.
  •repay (verb)
  • award,
  • pay dues,
  • settle up,
  • refund,
  • accord,
  • rebate.
  •requite (verb)
  • pay off,
  • revenge,
  • restitution,
  • respond,
  • make,
  • quit.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • full apology,
  • public recantation.

Antonyms for Making amends:

• v.

  • apologize
    defy.
  • atone
    spoil, disagree.
  • compensate
    penalize, deprive, permit, worsen, injure, fine, break, forfeit, validate, approve, damage, support, destroy, hurt, lose.
  • make up
    tell truth, be real.
  • offset
    disproportion.
  • recompense
    refuse, seize, dissatisfy, take.
  • redeem
    disregard, abandon, hold, ignore, sentence, neglect, blame, fail, miss, condemn, let go, convict.
  • redress
    harm, upset, allow.
  • reform
    ruin, waver, impair, kill.
  • refund
    keep.
  • repay
    leave alone, steal, extort, withhold.
  • requite
    deny, pardon, depart, request, forgive, sympathize, leave, dissuade, ask.
  • restitute
    confuse.