Amendment
Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈmend.mənt/
- US IPA: /ʌˈmɛnd.mənt/
Origin
From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum.
Full definition of amendment
Noun
amendment
(plural amendments)- An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- In public bodies; Any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
- (legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
- An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
- That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.a soil amendment