the act of amending; correction an addition, alteration, or improvement to a motion, document, etc
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a•mend•ment /əˈmɛndmənt/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] the act of amending.
- Government[countable] an alteration of or addition to a bill, constitution, etc.
- [countable] a change made by amending.
a•mend•ment
(ə mend′mənt),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of amending or the state of being amended.
- Governmentan alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
- a change made by correction, addition, or deletion:The editors made few amendments to the manuscript.
- Botany[Hort.]a soil-conditioning substance that promotes plant growth indirectly by improving such soil qualities as porosity, moisture retention, and pH balance.
- Old French amendement. See amend, -ment
- Middle English 1250–1300
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'amendment' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Delaney Amendment
- ERA
- Eighteenth Amendment
- Eighth Amendment
- Eleventh Amendment
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Fifth Amendment
- First Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fourth Amendment
- Inauguration Day
- Kyoto protocol
- Lame Duck Amendment
- Nineteenth Amendment
- Ninth Amendment
- Prohibition
- Second Amendment
- Tenth Amendment
- Third Amendment
- Thirteenth Amendment
- Twelfth Amendment
- Twentieth Amendment
- Twenty-fifth Amendment
- Twenty-first Amendment
- Twenty-fourth Amendment
- Twenty-second Amendment
- Twenty-sixth Amendment
- Twenty-third Amendment
- Volstead Act
- adduce
- adoption
- amdt.
- argue
- contrition
- era
- fifth
- go through
- indirect initiative
- initiate
- initiative
- monition
- novel
- outlaw
- penance
- penitent
- personhood
- prohibition
- protocol
- ratify