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mendment

mendment is the obsolete form of amendment.

Meaning of amendment

Noun

amendment (countable and uncountable, plural amendments)

  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 alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
    • 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.2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian
  3. Correction of an error in a writ or process.
  4. (US, especially) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
    • The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
  5. That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
    • a soil amendment

Questions about mendment

What is mendment the obsolete form of?
Mendment is the obsolete form of amendment.

Words near mendment in the dictionary

  1. Mendizabals
  2. Mendler
  3. Mendlesham
  4. Mendlesham chair
  5. Mendlesham chairs
  6. mendment
  7. Mendocino
  8. Mendocino County
  9. Mendola
  10. Mendolas
  11. mendole

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