amend

IPA: ʌmˈɛnd

(usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
A surname.
(informal, of a document, usually in the plural) Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”). [An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.]

(transitive) To make better; improve.
(intransitive) To become better.
(obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
(obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Examples of "amend" in Sentences

Let the reform begin .... amend, fix, add to, subtract from, but let the reform of health care begin.
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His own party had to twist his arm to get a meaningless executive order signed to "amend" the law; which it doesn't.
God at all, -- he pledges himself to give up his bad habits; to repent and amend, which is just what he has no mind to do.
After all, they haven't seized the power to unilaterally "amend" the Constitution without state approval, only to let it go without a fight.
Care should be exercised in wording the sections providing for amending the constitution, etc., to avoid such tautology as amend, or add to, or repeal, or alter or amend, or amend or in any way change.
In an interview the day after your rally you said that you would like to "amend" your statement in which you accused President Obama of being a racist and said he had a deep hatred in his heart for white people.
_ -- The legitimate use of a motion to amend is to correct or improve the original motion or resolution; but a motion properly before an assembly may be altered in _any_ way; even so as to turn it entirely from its original purpose, unless some rule or law shall exist to prevent this subversion.