Dictionary Definition
amendment
Noun
1 the act of amending or correcting
2 a statement that is added to or revises or
improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
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Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /ʌˈmɛnd.mənt/Noun
- An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- In public bodies; Any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
- Correction of an error in a writ or process.
- An addition to and/or alteration of the United States Constitution, as in "The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition."
- That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
- a soil amendment
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correction or addition to a law
- Czech: dodatek
- Danish: lovændring
- Finnish: lakimuutos, lainmuutos
- Japanese: 修正案 (shūseian)
- Polish: poprawka
- Russian: поправка (poprávka)
- Spanish: enmienda
that which is added
- ttbc Japanese: 改正
- ttbc Portuguese: correção, emenda
Extensive Definition
Amendment may refer to:
- Amendment, a change made to a contract, law or bill
- Constitutional amendment, a change made to a written constitution
- Soil conditioner, or soil amendment, materials added to soil
amendment in Vietnamese: Tu chính án
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Great Leap Forward, addendum, addition, advance, advancement, alteration, amelioration, ascent, attachment, bettering, betterment, bill, boost, calendar, change, change of allegiance,
change of heart, change of mind, clause, companion bills
amendment, correction, dragnet clause,
editing, emendation, enacting clause,
enhancement,
enrichment, escalator
clause, eugenics,
euthenics, furtherance, headway, hold-up bill, improvement, joker, lift, melioration, mend, mending, motion, new birth, omnibus bill,
paragraph, pickup, preferment, privileged
question, progress,
progression,
promotion, proviso, question, rebirth, recension, reclamation, recovery, recrudescence, rectification, redaction, redemption, reform, reformation, regeneration, renascence, renewal, repair, rescript, rescription, restoration, revampment, revisal, revise, revised edition, revision, revival, rewrite, rewriting, rider, rise, saving clause, upbeat, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward
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