amendment

IPA: ʌmˈɛndmʌnt

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.
(law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
(especially US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

Examples of "amendment" in Sentences

It can be amended itself, but this amendment of an amendment (an amendment of the second degree) cannot be amended.
Then the committee takes a vote and the amendment is adopted, 12-11, with the 11 “no” votes all coming from the Green Team.
I think at the end the amendment is a judicial check on legislatures desire to one up each other by enacting over the top punishments.
The basis of the McCain amendment is establishing the Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation as the uniform standard for interrogation.
It may be a little early but I was just wondering if you could characterize the impact of the label amendment in terms of the new patient starts in to the new year?
To forestall that risk, appropriations conferees who support the McCain amendment will seek to block any effort to drop the amendment from the appropriations bill unless the White House promises that the President to sign the authorization bill as well.