amendment
English
Etymology
From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈmend.mənt/
Audio (RP) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ʌˈmɛnd.mənt/
Noun
amendment (countable and uncountable, plural amendments)
- An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- Synonyms: improvement, reformation
- In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
- (law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
- (especially US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
- The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
- That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
- a soil amendment
Derived terms
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mend- (0 c, 10 e)
Translations
correction or addition to a law
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that which is added
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addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
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Further reading
- amendment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “amendment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- amendment at OneLook Dictionary Search
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