amendment

Plural: amendments

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.)
• An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
• In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
• Correction of an error in a writ or process.
• An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
• That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

Examples

• a soil amendment
• The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
• The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.

Synonyms

improvement, reformation

Related Words

engrossed, engrossed amendment, repeal