amendment
IPA: ʌmˈɛndmʌnt
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.
- (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.
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Examples of "amendment" in Sentences
- The Commons rejected the amendment.
- The Amendment act amends the regulations.
- Who will then countersign such amendment
- Nice to see the response and the amendment.
- The amendment passed unanimously in the Senate.
- The Fifteenth Amendment is the third of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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