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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Amendment

/əm-ĕn'-dmənt/ · A·mend·ment · IPA /ʌˈmɛnd.mənt/
01 n. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
  1. 1.
    An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
  2. 2.
    In public bodies; Any alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
  3. 3.
    Correction of an error in a writ or process.(Law)