amendment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum, equivalent to amend + -ment.
Base: amend
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: amendments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law.
Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
gloss: Correction of an error in a writ or process.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
pos: noun
tags: 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.
gloss: That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a soil amendment
Related words: engrossed
engrossed amendment
repeal
Derived words: antiamendment
counteramendment
preamendment
reamendment
reasoned amendment
unamendment
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَعْدِيل
roman: taʕdīl
lang: Belarusian
word: папра́ўка
roman: papráwka
lang: Bulgarian
word: коре́кция
roman: korékcija
lang: Catalan
word: esmena
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 改正
roman: gǎizhèng
lang: Cornish
word: amendyans
lang: Czech
word: dodatek
lang: Danish
word: lovændring
lang: Esperanto
word: amendo
lang: Finnish
word: lakimuutos
lang: Finnish
word: lainmuutos
lang: French
word: amendement
lang: French
word: avenant
lang: Galician
word: emenda
lang: Georgian
word: ამენდმენტი
roman: amendmenṭi
lang: German
word: Änderung
lang: German
word: Gesetzesänderung
lang: German
word: Novelle
lang: Greek
word: τροπολογία
roman: tropología
lang: Hawaiian
word: pākuʻi hoʻololi
lang: Hindi
word: संशोधन
roman: sañśodhan
lang: Hungarian
word: törvénymódosítás
lang: Hungarian
word: jogszabály-módosítás
lang: Hungarian
word: módosítás
lang: Hungarian
word: módosító
lang: Ido
word: emendo
lang: Italian
word: emendamento
lang: Japanese
word: 改正
roman: kaisei
lang: Korean
word: 개정
roman: gaejeong
lang: Macedonian
word: амандман
roman: amandman
lang: Māori
word: menemana
lang: Pohnpeian
word: kamwomwadahn wekidekla
lang: Polish
word: poprawka
lang: Polish
word: nowelizacja
lang: Polish
word: nowela
lang: Portuguese
word: emenda
lang: Romanian
word: amendament
lang: Romanian
word: modificare de lege
lang: Russian
word: попра́вка
roman: poprávka
lang: Russian
word: измене́ние
roman: izmenénije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ама̀ндма̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: amàndmān
lang: Spanish
word: enmienda
lang: Spanish
word: enmendadura
lang: Spanish
word: enmendamiento
lang: Spanish
word: emienda
lang: Tagalog
word: susog
lang: Thai
word: การแปรญัตติ
roman: kāan-prɛ̄ɛ-yát-tì
lang: Turkish
word: tebdil
lang: Ukrainian
word: попра́вка
roman: poprávka
lang: Vietnamese
word: sửa đổi
lang: Welsh
word: gwelliant