Antonyms for amendment
əˈmɛnd məntamend·ment

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1. amendmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   emendation, improvement, reformation

2. amendmentnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   improvement, reformation, emendation

3. amendmentnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   improvement, reformation, emendation

4. amendmentnoun

   Correction of an error in a writ or process.

   Synonyms:
   improvement, reformation, emendation

5. amendmentnoun

   An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

   Synonyms:
   reformation, improvement, emendation

6. amendmentnoun

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

   a soil amendment

   Synonyms:
   improvement, reformation, emendation

Matched Categories

1. • Correction
   • Statement

Princeton's WordNet

1. amendmentnoun

   the act of amending or correcting

2. amendmentnoun

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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amendment

   Synonyms:
   Endorsement-health insurance, see there
   

2. amendment

   Synonyms:
   Amended application, revised application

How to use amendment in a sentence?

1. John Morrison:

   This is not free speech, this is nothing protected by the First Amendment, this is not the expression of political opinion.

2. Roy Gutterman:

   The answer to this is not punishment, which would run afoul of the First Amendment because this involves a public university. The answer is to counter the speech and confront the speech. This could be the subject of campus-wide discussions.

3. United States:

   At the time following the Civil War, at its core, it meant all persons had the right to be protected by the police, that the laws of the country should protect all people, in the 20th century, more broader questions were litigated under the 14th Amendment, like Brown v. Board of Education -- whether segregation was constitutional. Cases involving the internment of Japanese citizens, case from the marriage equality decisions, even Roe vs. Wade have strains of equal protection language and invoke due process law.

4. Berin Szoka:

   The FTC just doesn't sue media companies over their editorial policies, second-guessing whether a company is politically' neutral' would mean substituting a regulator's editorial decisions for a private company's — something the First Amendment forbids.

5. Tucson City Council:

   We fully intend to enforce federal gun laws in Arizona, i believe their nullification amendment is highly unconstitutional, and it's not anywhere close to being in the best interests of our constituents to say we're going to opt out of federal gun laws.

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