Amendment Definition

ə-mĕndmənt
amendments
noun
The act of changing for the better; improvement.
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A change for the better; improvement.
Webster's New World
A correction or alteration, as in a manuscript.
American Heritage
A correction of errors, faults, etc.
Webster's New World
The process of formally altering or adding to a document or record.
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Other Word Forms of Amendment

Noun

Singular:
amendment
Plural:
amendments

Origin of Amendment

  • From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum.

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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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Words Starting With

AAMAME

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