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nouna statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)type of:
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nounthe act of amending or correctingtype of:
Definition that contains amendment
- vote a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- prohibition the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- amend make amendments to
- suffrage a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- freedom to bear arms a right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution
- prohibition era the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- freedom from involuntary servitude a civil right guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US Constitution
- cruel and unusual punishment punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment to the U.S. Constitution; includes torture or degradation or punishment too severe for the crime committed
- amendatory effecting amendment
- right to speedy and public trial by jury a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution