amendment — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

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   • numerabile
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   Sinonimi

   improvementreformation

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

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   Esempi

   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.

3. Correction of an error in a writ or process.

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   • numerabile
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4. An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • numerabile
   • especially
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

   The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.

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

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   Esempi

   a soil amendment

Sostantivo

1. the act of amending or correcting

   Termini più generali

   correctionrectification

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

   Termini più generali

   statement