amendment

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

   The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

3. 3
   noun

   That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

   a soil amendment

4. 4
   noun

   the act of amending or correcting

5. 5
   noun

   a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)

6. 6
   noun

   An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

7. 7
   noun

   Correction of an error in a writ or process.

Etymology

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