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amendment noun [ əˈmɛn(d)m(ə)nt ]

• a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
• "an amendment to existing bail laws"
Similar: revision, alteration, change, modification, qualification, adaptation, adjustment, edit, editing, rewrite, rewriting, redraft, redrafting, recasting, rephrasing, rewording, reworking, reform, update, revamp, reshaping, correction, emendation, improvement, enhancement, clarification, updation,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘improvement, correction’): from Old French amendement, from amender (see amend).


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