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The act of changing for the better; improvement: "Society may sometimes show signs of repentance and amendment” ( George G. Coulton).
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A correction or alteration, as in a manuscript.
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The process of formally altering or adding to a document or record.
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A statement of such an alteration or addition: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote.
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A material, such as organic matter or sand, mixed into soil to improve growing conditions.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.