Amendment

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.

Adjectives for Amendment
belated; rash; drastic; pending; beneficent; continual.

Verbs for Amendment
abandon; abrogate; adopt; allow; alter; complete; concur with; deliberate; disagree with; discuss; dismiss; initiate; insert; oppose; propose; ratify; reject; repeal; resolve; subject to;  substitute; veto; violate; adjusts; alters; betters; compensates;  corrects;  deprives;  expiates; gives birth to; modifies; overthrows ; provides; reforms; remedies; removes; restricts; stands.

Thesaurus
Great Leap Forward; addendum; addition; advance; advancement; alteration; amelioration; ascent; attachment; bettering; betterment; bill; boost; calendar; change; change of allegiance; change of heart; change of mind; clause; companion bills amendment; correction; dragnet clause; editing; emendation; enacting clause; enhancement; enrichment; escalator clause; eugenics; euthenics; furtherance; headway; hold-up bill; improvement; joker; lift; melioration; mend; mending; motion; new birth; omnibus bill; paragraph; pickup; preferment; privileged question; progress; progression; promotion; proviso; question; rebirth; recension; reclamation; recovery; recrudescence; rectification; redaction; redemption; reform; reformation; regeneration; renascence; renewal; repair; rescript; rescription; restoration; revampment; revisal; revise; revised edition; revision; revival; rewrite; rewriting; rider; rise; saving clause; upbeat; uplift; upping; upswing; uptrend; upward mobility

Etymology
From amendement:, from   amendamentum:.

Synonyms

 * improvement
 * reformation
 * emendation

Related terms

 * amend
 * amendable
 * amendatory

Translations

 * Bulgarian: корекция
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lovændring
 * Finnish: lakimuutos, lainmuutos
 * Greek: τροποποίηση


 * Japanese: 修正案 (shūseian)
 * Polish: poprawka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: поправка
 * Danish: tilføjelse, ændring
 * Finnish:
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * mandement