amend

Plural: amends

Verb

Verb Forms: amended, amending, amends

To make minor changes to improve or correct something.
make amendments to
- "amend the document"
to make better
set straight or right
To make better; improve.
To become better.
To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Noun

An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).

Examples

He had to AMEND his intended play after I blocked the bonus square.
I've sent over a new version of the doc with some amends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.

Synonyms

ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, correct

Antonyms

worsen

Scrabble Score: 8

amend: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
amend: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amend: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

amend: valid Words With Friends Word