Amendment Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-mĕndmənt
The act of amending
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. revision
  2. alteration
  3. emendation
  4. reformation
  5. correction
  6. rewrite
A proposal to amend
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clause
  2. bill
  3. measure
  4. act
  5. amelioration
  6. motion
  7. revision
  8. betterment
  9. modification of the law
  10. legislative addition
  11. supplement
  12. rider
  13. improvement
  14. committee suggestion
  15. redefinition
  16. addendum
  17. reform
  18. melioration
  19. substitute motion
  20. codicil
  21. upgrade
Antonyms:
  1. worsening

Words Related to Amendment

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Amendment Sentence Examples

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

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

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

  • The constitution provides two methods for amendment.

  • 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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