amendment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amendment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for amendment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amendment n the act of amending or correcting a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amendment \A*mend"ment\, n. [F. amendement, LL. amendamentum.] 1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices. 2. In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting. 3. (Law) Correction of an error in a writ or process. Syn: Improvement; reformation; emendation.