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amendment

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /əˈmɛndmənt/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: improvement, reformation

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Correction of an error in a writ or process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, especially, uncountable

Examples

  • The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • a soil amendment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the act of amending or correcting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: correction, rectification

7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement

Narrower terms: First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Eighteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَعْدِيل (taʕdīl) — correction or addition to a law
  • Belarusian: папра́ўка (papráwka) — correction or addition to a law
  • Bulgarian: коре́кция (korékcija) — correction or addition to a law
  • Catalan: esmena — correction or addition to a law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 改正 (gǎizhèng) — correction or addition to a law
  • Cornish: amendyans — correction or addition to a law
  • Czech: dodatek — correction or addition to a law
  • Danish: lovændring — correction or addition to a law
  • Esperanto: amendo — correction or addition to a law
  • Finnish: lakimuutos — correction or addition to a law
  • Finnish: lainmuutos — correction or addition to a law
  • French: amendement — correction or addition to a law
  • French: avenant — correction or addition to a law
  • Galician: emenda — correction or addition to a law
  • Georgian: ამენდმენტი (amendmenṭi) — correction or addition to a law
  • German: Änderung — correction or addition to a law
  • German: Gesetzesänderung — correction or addition to a law
  • German: Novelle — correction or addition to a law
  • Greek: τροπολογία (tropología) — correction or addition to a law
  • Hawaiian: pākuʻi hoʻololi — correction or addition to a law
  • Hindi: संशोधन (sañśodhan) — correction or addition to a law
  • Hungarian: törvénymódosítás — correction or addition to a law
  • Hungarian: jogszabály-módosítás — correction or addition to a law
  • Hungarian: módosítás — correction or addition to a law
  • Hungarian: módosító — correction or addition to a law
  • Ido: emendo — correction or addition to a law
  • Irish: leasú — correction or addition to a law
  • Italian: emendamento — correction or addition to a law
  • Japanese: 改正 (kaisei) — correction or addition to a law
  • Korean: 개정 (gaejeong) — correction or addition to a law
  • Macedonian: амандман (amandman) — correction or addition to a law
  • Māori: menemana — correction or addition to a law
  • Pohnpeian: kamwomwadahn wekidekla — correction or addition to a law
  • Polish: poprawka — correction or addition to a law
  • Polish: nowelizacja — correction or addition to a law
  • Polish: nowela — correction or addition to a law
  • Portuguese: emenda — correction or addition to a law
  • Romanian: amendament — correction or addition to a law
  • Romanian: modificare de lege — correction or addition to a law
  • Russian: попра́вка (poprávka) — correction or addition to a law
  • Russian: измене́ние (izmenénije) — correction or addition to a law
  • Serbo-Croatian: ама̀ндма̄н — correction or addition to a law
  • Serbo-Croatian: amàndmān — correction or addition to a law
  • Spanish: enmienda — correction or addition to a law
  • Spanish: enmendadura — correction or addition to a law
  • Spanish: enmendamiento — correction or addition to a law
  • Spanish: emienda — correction or addition to a law
  • Tagalog: susog — correction or addition to a law
  • Thai: การแปรญัตติ (kāan-prɛ̄ɛ-yát-tì) — correction or addition to a law
  • Turkish: tebdil — correction or addition to a law
  • Ukrainian: попра́вка (poprávka) — correction or addition to a law
  • Vietnamese: sửa đổi — correction or addition to a law
  • Welsh: gwelliant — correction or addition to a law
  • Bulgarian: попра́вка (poprávka) — that which is added
  • Catalan: esmena — that which is added
  • Cornish: amendyans — that which is added
  • Danish: tilføjelse — that which is added
  • Danish: ændring — that which is added
  • Finnish: lisäys — that which is added
  • German: Abänderung — that which is added
  • German: Nachbesserung — that which is added
  • German: Verbesserung — that which is added
  • German: Ergänzung — that which is added
  • Hungarian: kiegészítés — that which is added
  • Irish: leasú — that which is added
  • Italian: aggiunta — that which is added
  • Māori: menemana — that which is added
  • Polish: dodatek — that which is added
  • Portuguese: emenda — that which is added
  • Russian: доба́вка (dobávka) — that which is added
  • Russian: приса́дка (prisádka) — that which is added
  • Spanish: enmienda — that which is added
  • Spanish: emienda — that which is added
  • Swahili: rekebisho — that which is added
  • Swahili: badiliko — that which is added
  • Swedish: tillägg — that which is added
  • Turkish: düzeltme — that which is added
  • Turkish: ıslah — that which is added
  • Chinese Mandarin: 修正案 (xiūzhèng'àn) — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Cornish: amendyans — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Esperanto: amendo — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Finnish: lisäys — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Galician: emenda — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • German: Zusatzartikel — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • German: Verfassungsänderung — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • German: Verfassungsergänzung — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Greek: αναθεώρηση (anatheórisi) — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Hindi: संशोधन (sañśodhan) — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Hungarian: alkotmánykiegészítés — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Hungarian: alkotmánymódosítás — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Japanese: 修正案 (shūseian) — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Korean: 수정안 (sujeong'an) — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Māori: menemana — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Portuguese: emenda — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Ukrainian: попра́вка (poprávka) — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
  • Vietnamese: tu chính án — addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution
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