Dictionary:

amendment

  (ə-mĕnd'mənt)

1. The act of changing for the better; improvement: “Society may sometimes show signs of repentance and amendment” (George G. Coulton).
2. A correction or alteration, as in a manuscript.
3. 1. The process of formally altering or adding to a document or record.
   2. A statement of such an alteration or addition: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote.
4. A material, such as organic matter or sand, mixed into soil to improve growing conditions.

Addition, deletion, or change to a legal document. All parties to the agreement must formally consent to an amendment by signing it. Only then does the amendment become an integral part of the document, binding on all parties to the original agreement.

Change, correction, or extension of an agreement that does not modify the basic thrust of the agreement.
Example: Lease amendments were used to:

• Renew the lease for an additional term

• Change the Percentage Rent requirement

• Clarify the tenant's defined parking area

noun

1. The act of making better or the condition of being made better: amelioration, betterment, improvement, melioration, upgrade. See better/worse.
2. The act or process of revising: emendation, revision, rewrite. See change/persist.

Definition: correction, improvement
Antonyms: worsening

A modification to a building’s contract documents.

The modification of materials by the addition of supplemental information; the deletion of unnecessary, undesirable, or outdated information; or the correction of errors existing in the text.

In practice, a change in the pleadings — state- ments of the allegations of the parties in a lawsuit — may be achieved if the parties agree to the amendment or if the court in which the proceeding is pending grants a motion for the amendment made by one party. A judgment may be altered by an amendment if a motion to do so is made within a certain time after its entry and granted by the court. The amendment of pleadings and judgments is regulated by state codes of civil procedure and the rules of federal civil procedure.

A constitution or a statute may be changed by an amendment.

A will, trust, corporate charter, and other legal documents are also subject to amendment.

See: constitutional amendment.

An organic or mineral material such as peat moss or perlite that is used to condition or improve the soil.

Amendment may refer to:

Law

• A change made to a law or bill.
• Constitutional amendment - a change made to a written constitution or a change made to better help the people of the nation.
• A change made to a contract.

Other uses

• Soil amendments - materials added to soil to improve plant growth and health.

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Common misspelling(s) of amendment

• admendment
• ammendment
• amendmant

Dansk (Danish)
n. - rettelse, forbedring, ændring

idioms:

• amendment of a law    lovændring

Nederlands (Dutch)
wijziging in juridisch document, artikel toegevoegd aan grondwet V.S.

Français (French)
n. - amendement, rectification, modification, (Fin) avenant, (Jur) révision

Deutsch (German)
n. - Amendement, Abänderungsantrag, Änderungsantrag

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επανόρθωση, διόρθωση, τροποποίηση, βελτίωση, (νομ.) τροπολογία

idioms:

• amendment of a law    τροποποίηση (νομοσχεδίου), τροπολογία

Italiano (Italian)
emendamento

idioms:

• amendment of a law    emendamento della legge

Português (Portuguese)
n. - emenda (f) (de lei, etc.) (Jur.), melhoramento (m), correção (f), reforma (f)

idioms:

• amendment of a law    emenda (f) de uma lei

Русский (Russian)
поправка

idioms:

• amendment of a law    поправка к закону

Español (Spanish)
n. - enmienda, rectificación, corrección

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rättelse, ändring

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
改正, 改善, 改良, 修正案

idioms:

• amendment of a law    法律的修定案

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 改正, 改善, 改良, 修正案

idioms:

• amendment of a law    法律的修定案

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 개정, 개심

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 改正, 改心, 改正案, 土壌改良剤

idioms:

• amendment of a law    法改正

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تحسينات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תיקון, שינוי‬

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