amendment

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    the act of amending or correcting
    a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

Word Origin

amendment (n.)
early 13c., "betterment, improvement;" c. 1300, of persons, "correction, reformation," from Old French amendment, from amender (see amend). Sense expanded to include "correction of error in a legal process" (c. 1600) and "alteration of a writ or bill" to remove its faults (1690s).

Example

1. He noted that illinois had already ratified the amendment .
2. The new amendment will provide clearer , enforceable standards .
3. Neither requires a constitutional amendment to change .
4. Germany has passed a balanced-budget constitutional amendment .
5. The sixteenth amendment to the constitution changed that .

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