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To alter. A statute is amended by changing (but not abolishing) an established law. A pleading is amended by adding to or subtracting from an already existing pleading.
See also amended (tax) return.

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verb

1. To advance to a more desirable state: ameliorate, better, help, improve, meliorate, upgrade. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To make right what is wrong: correct, emend, mend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, right. See correct/incorrect.
3. To prepare a new version of: emend, emendate, revamp, revise, rework, rewrite. See change/persist.

v

Definition: improve, correct
Antonyms: blemish, corrupt, debase, depress, harm, impair, injure, mar, reduce, subtract, worsen

To alter; to improve upon.
Thus, one amends a bill by altering or changing an established law—the law is continued in changed form. One amends a pleading by making an addition to or a subtraction from an already existing pleading.

IN BRIEF: To correct or fix.

Let's try to amend our relationship.

Tutor's tip: You can "amend" (fix) many things in life, but you can only "emend" (correcting text) a text document and hope you won't have to make "amends" (pay compensation or fines) for it later!

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Common misspelling(s) of amend

• ammend

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ændre, rette, forbedre
v. intr. - blive bedre, bedre sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
kleine wijzigingen aanbrengen, (zich) verbeteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - amender, modifier, rectifier, corriger, réformer
v. intr. - s'amender

Deutsch (German)
v. - berichtigen, ändern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τροποποιώ, διορθώνω, βελτιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
correggere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - emendar, reformar, apurar, corrigir, retificar, melhorar

Русский (Russian)
исправлять, улучшать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - corregir, rectificar, enmendar
v. intr. - corregirse, rectificarse, enmendarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rätta, ändra, förbättra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
改善, 改良, 修正, 改进, 改过自新

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 改善, 改良, 修正
v. intr. - 改進, 改善, 改過自新

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 고치다, 개정하다
v. intr. - 고쳐지다, 개심하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 修正する, 訂正する, 改める, 改心する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصلح, يحسن, يعدل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תיקן, שינה, שיפר‬
v. intr. - ‮השתפר‬

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