To free from faults; make better, or more correct or proper; change for the better; correct; improve; reform.To make a change or changes in the form of, as a bill or motion, or a constitution; properly, to improve in expression or detail, but by usage to alter either in construction, purport, or principle.To repair; mend.4. To heal or recover (the sick); cure (a disease).To grow or become better by reformation, or by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals.To become better (in health); recover from illness.n. Compensation: generally used in the plural. See amends.