Amendment
[ə'men(d)m(ə)nt] or [ə'mɛndmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of amending or correcting.
(noun.) a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.).
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Definition
(n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
(n.) In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
(n.) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Improvement, emendation, reformation, change for the better.[2]. Correction, alteration.
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Examples
- I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Tom's amendment was alarmingly slow. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- His amendment was, for _not_ read _only_. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He rose, he said, to speak in favour of the honourable member's motion, with one slight amendment subjoined. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The amendment proposed by you cannot be acceded to in full. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If her health is such that discussions fatigue her, we will wait her amendment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hence we make frequent and troublesome changes without amendment, and often for the worse. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mine happened to be preferred, and, with a few amendments, was accordingly reported. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- These amendments the Assembly considered as inconsistent with the spirit of liberty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There were two noteworthy amendments to Jefferson's draft. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ralph only made some criticisms and proposed some amendments; but I defended my text. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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