Definition of "amends"

As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.

1903 December 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905