amendment
noun
1 amendment
The act of amending or correcting.
Roget 658:
improvement;
amelioration,
melioration;
betterment;
mend,
amendment,
emendation;
mending
etc.
v.;
advancement;
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascent
etc.
305;
promotion,
preferment;
elevation
etc.
307;
increase
etc.
35;
cultivation,
civilization;
culture,
march of intellect;
menticulture†;
race-culture,
eugenics.
reform,
reformation;
revision,
radical reform;
second thoughts,
correction,
limoe labor [Lat.],
refinement,
elaboration;
purification
etc.
652;
oxidation;
repair
etc.
(restoration)
660;
recovery
etc.
660.
revise,
new edition.
reformer,
radical.
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Dutch: amendement
Polish: nowelizacja
2 amendment
A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.).
Dutch: amendement, wetswijziging
Polish: poprawka
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