A scribbled note reportedly intended to make amends (9)
I believe the answer is:
atonement
'amends' is the definition.
(atonement is a kind of amends)
'a scribbled note reportedly intended' is the wordplay.
'scribbled' is an anagram indicator (ie written badly).
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'intended' becomes 'meant' (meaning is a kind of intending).
'meant' is a homophone of 'ment'.
'note' with letters rearranged gives 'tone'.
'a'+'tone'+'ment'='ATONEMENT'
'to make' is the link.
(Other definitions for atonement that I've seen before include "Making amends" , "Compensation for a wrong" , "needed to make amends" , "Making good" , "'Penance, redemption (9)'" .)