amend

noun

(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.]

verb

(transitive) To make better; improve.

(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

(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).

Roots

menda-mend · Latin · fault, flaw

Synonyms for amend

rectifyv amelioratev improvev revisev emendv melioratev remedyn rewritev repairn emendatev revampv reworkv

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