English Explanatory Dictionary

amendment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/əˈmɛndmənt/ /ʌˈmɛnd.mənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-amendment.wav

Word forms

amendment amendments

Etymology

From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum, equivalent to amend + -ment.

Synonyms

improvement reformation

Related words

engrossed engrossed amendment repeal

Derived words

antiamendment counteramendment preamendment reamendment reasoned amendment unamendment

Translations

Arabic: تَعْدِيل Belarusian: папра́ўка Bulgarian: коре́кция Catalan: esmena Chinese Mandarin: 改正 Cornish: amendyans Czech: dodatek Danish: lovændring Esperanto: amendo Finnish: lakimuutos Finnish: lainmuutos French: amendement French: avenant Galician: emenda Georgian: ამენდმენტი German: Änderung German: Gesetzesänderung German: Novelle Greek: τροπολογία Hawaiian: pākuʻi hoʻololi Hindi: संशोधन Hungarian: törvénymódosítás Hungarian: jogszabály-módosítás Hungarian: módosítás Hungarian: módosító Ido: emendo Italian: emendamento Japanese: 改正 Korean: 개정 Macedonian: амандман Māori: menemana Pohnpeian: kamwomwadahn wekidekla Polish: poprawka Polish: nowelizacja Polish: nowela Portuguese: emenda Romanian: amendament Romanian: modificare de lege Russian: попра́вка Russian: измене́ние Serbo-Croatian: ама̀ндма̄н Serbo-Croatian: amàndmān Spanish: enmienda Spanish: enmendadura Spanish: enmendamiento Spanish: emienda Tagalog: susog Thai: การแปรญัตติ Turkish: tebdil Ukrainian: попра́вка Vietnamese: sửa đổi Welsh: gwelliant
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