Amending Synonyms and Antonyms

To prepare a new version of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rewriting
  2. reworking
  3. revising
  4. revamping
To make better
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. righting
  2. revising
  3. repairing
  4. remedying
  5. improving
  6. rectifying
  7. reforming
  8. meliorating
  9. correcting
  10. mending
  11. changing
  12. ameliorating
  13. polishing
  14. bettering
  15. redressing
  16. lifting
  17. altering
  18. editing
Antonyms:
  1. blemishing
  2. debasing
  3. depressing
  4. reducing
  5. injuring
  6. corrupting
  7. marring
  8. harming
  9. worsening
  10. impairing
  11. subtracting
To advance to a more desirable state
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. meliorating
  2. bettering
  3. upgrading
  4. improving
  5. helping
  6. ameliorating
To alter the wording of (a legal document, for example) so as to make more suitable or acceptable.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. correcting

Amending Sentence Examples

  • Similar amending bills were introduced in the 1905 and 1906 sessions, but were withdrawn.

  • The soil around newly constucted homes is often poor; consider bringing in new topsoil and amending it with loads of compost before planting.

  • A similar system was introduced into South Australia by an act passed in 1900 amending the Factory Act of 1894, which was the first legislation of the sort passed in that state.

  • Propositions to establish the judiciary on a more permanent tenure were also voted down in 1814, 1822, 1857 and 1870, and the state still elects its judges for two years' terms. On its own suggestion, the council of censors was abolished in 1870 and the present method of amending the constitution was adopted.

  • This was an amending act and not a consolidating act; consequently it had to be read as if incorporated into the already existing acts.

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