amendment
English
Etymology
From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum, equivalent to amend + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈmɛndmənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
amendment (countable and uncountable, plural amendments)
- An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- Synonyms: improvement, reformation
- In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
- 2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 October 2026:
- Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law.
- 2024 March 12, ETSC, ETSC[2], archived from the original on 21 April 2026:
- Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
- (law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
- (especially US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
- The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
- That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
- a soil amendment
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Translations
correction or addition to a law — see also emendation
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that which is added
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addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
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See also
Further reading
- “amendment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “amendment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “amendment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Old French amendement
Middle French amendement
Tagalog amendment
Borrowed from English amendment, from French amendement, from Middle French amendement, from Old French amendement, from amender + -ment.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmendment/ [ʔɐˈmɛn̪d.mɛn̪t]
- Rhymes: -endment
- Syllabification: a‧mend‧ment
Noun
amendment (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔)
Further reading
- “amendment”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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