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Another word for amendment

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Noun

  1. The act of making better or the condition of being made better

      1. The act of making better.
      2. The state of being ameliorated; improvement.
      3. An improvement
      1. An improvement over what has been the case:
      2. (Law) An improvement that increases the value of property and is more extensive than mere repairs
      3. An improvement.
      1. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
      2. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also, that which is improved; as, the new edition is an improvement on the old.
      3. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc.
      1. The linguistic process by which a word over a period of time grows more elevated in meaning or more positive in connotation.
      2. The act or process of improving something or the state of being improved.
      3. An improvement.
      1. (Computers) A software program that provides added enhancements over an earlier version.
      2. An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology
      3. An improvement in or enhancement of the condition, status, etc. of a person or thing

  2. The act or process of revising

      1. An alteration intended to improve:
      2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
      3. Correction or change made in a text, as in an attempt to restore the original reading
      1. Act, process, or work of revising
      2. A revised or new version, as of a book or other written material.
      3. The result of this; revised form or version, as of a book, manuscript, etc.
      1. Something that has been written again.
      2. An article so written
      3. The act of writing again or anew.
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Another word for amendment

Noun

  1. The act of amending

      1. The act or procedure of altering.
      2. An altering or being altered
      3. The result of this; change
      1. A reforming or being reformed
      2. A 16th-century movement in Western Europe that aimed at reforming some doctrines and practices of the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the establishment of the Protestant churches.
      3. The act of reforming or the state of being reformed.
      1. The act or process of correcting.
      2. The amount of change made in correcting
      3. An amount or quantity added or subtracted in order to correct.
      1. The act or process of revising.
      2. Act, process, or work of revising
      3. The result of this; revised form or version, as of a book, manuscript, etc.

  2. A proposal to amend

      1. (Law) A document containing the formal statement of a case in equity; a complaint seeking equitable relief.
      2. A draft of a proposed law presented for approval to a legislative body.
      3. A bill of exchange
      1. A law or ballot initiative adopted by a legislature as a remedy for a problem.
      2. A legislative bill, resolution, etc. that is proposed or has been enacted
      3. The act or process of determining extent, dimensions, etc.; measurement
      1. (--- Law) Something done that has legal significance:
      2. A performance or entertainment usually forming part of a longer presentation:
      3. The actor or actors presenting such a performance:
      1. (Gram.) A group of words containing a subject and a finite verb, usually forming part of a compound or complex sentence: clauses may be joined by parataxis (The house is secluded; you will like it), by modified parataxis (The house is secluded, and you will like it), and by hypotaxis (Because the house is secluded, you will like it)
      2. (Grammar) A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
      3. A particular article, stipulation, or provision in a formal or legal document
      1. The act or process of moving; passage of a body from one place to another; movement
      2. A proposal; suggestion; esp., a proposal formally made in an assembly or meeting
      3. The act of moving the body or any of its parts
      1. The result of this; revised form or version, as of a book, manuscript, etc.
      2. Act, process, or work of revising
      3. The act or process of revising.
      1. Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
      2. A section added to a book or the like to give additional information, correct errors in the body of the work, etc.
      3. A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.
      1. An addition or amendment to a document such as a contract
      2. An unrelated provision added to a legislative bill as a means of trying to get the provision adopted along with the bill or to hamper the passage of the bill.
      3. A clause, usually dealing with some unrelated matter, added to a legislative bill when it is being considered for passage
      1. An appendix or supplement to a book, etc.
      2. A thing added or to be added
      3. Something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book.
      1. An instance of this; an improvement:
      2. An improvement in character and conduct; reformation
      3. Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
      1. A supplement or appendix.
      2. (Law) An addition to a will, that changes, explains, revokes, or adds provisions
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Sentence Examples

  • Under this provision an amendment cannot be adopted until nearly four years after it is first proposed.

  • A constitutional amendment of 1900 dispensed with the session of the legislature at Newport.

  • The legislature meets biennially in odd-numbered years, the session being limited to ninety days by a constitutional amendment of 1888.

  • The government were defeated on an amendment in committee, and thereupon resigned.

  • A constitutional amendment of 1888 extended to them the right of suffrage in state and national elections, and an amendment of 1909 partially remedied the evils in the system of apportionment.

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