Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Amendment

Amendment ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French amendement, Late Latin amendamentum.]

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 alternation made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion by adding, changing, substituting, or omitting.
3.
(Law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.