amendment

noun

(especially US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

(law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.

Roots

mendamend- · Latin · fault, flaw

Synonyms for amendment

emendationn billn clausen revisionn revisaln addendumn paragraphn provison reformn alterationn

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