Definitions for amendment

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amendment a·mend·ment

Spelling: [uh-mend-muh nt]

IPA: /əˈmɛnd mənt/

Amendment is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in amendment (adeemmnnt).

Definitions for amendment

noun

1. the act of amending or the state of being amended.
2. an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
3. a change made by correction, addition, or deletion:
4. Horticulture. a soil-conditioning substance that promotes plant growth indirectly by improving such soil qualities as porosity, moisture retention, and pH balance.

Origin of amendment

First recorded in 1250-1300; Middle English word from Old French word amendement. See amend, -ment

Examples for amendment

Before I put this amendment to the Board, I have one more word to say.

I ask permission to propose an amendment to the reply to the King's speech.

Either we believe the First amendment is worth defending or we do not.

Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second amendment and state laws.

They then would expect the Senate to strip that amendment and compromise simply on keeping government open for 60 days.

Why are “threats,” unlike other scary speech, outside the protection of the First amendment?

They would not, for example, supersede federal law regarding the Establishment Clause in the First amendment.

Only 12 of the 104 votes cast were in favor of Hertzog's amendment.

If that is the lot you wish for, you will vote for this amendment.

What expressions of contrition could have served me without a purpose of amendment?