Amend

Verb

 * 1)  To make better.
 * 2)  To become better.
 * 3)  To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
 * 4)  To make a formal alteration in legislation by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Synonyms for Amend
ameliorate, correct, improve, purify, better, reform, rectify, change, mend, repair.

Antonyms for Amend
harm, debase, impair, spoil, corrupt, blemish, deteriorate

Thesaurus
acculturate; advance; ameliorate; better; blue-pencil; boost; bring forward; civilize; come along; come on; compensate; correct; develop; edify; edit; educate; elevate; emend; emendate; enhance; enlighten; enrich; fatten; favor; fix; forward; foster; gain; gain ground; get ahead; get along; give satisfaction; go ahead; go forward; go straight; graduate; grow better; improve; improve upon; lard; lift; look up; make all square; make an improvement; make good; make headway; make progress; make right; make strides; meliorate; mend; new-model; nurture; pay reparations; perk up; pick up; progress; promote; put right; put straight; put to rights; raise; re-form; recense; reclaim; recompense; rectify; redact; redeem; redraft; redress; refashion; refine upon; reform; regenerate; remedy; remodel; remunerate; renew; repair; requite; reshape; restore self-respect; revamp; revise; rework; rewrite; right; set right; set straight; set to rights; set up; shape up; show improvement; skyrocket; socialize; straighten out; take off; transfigure; transform; upgrade; uplift; work over

Related terms

 * mend
 * amendment
 * amends
 * emend