amend

Meaning

Verb

1. To make better; improve.
2. To become better.
3. (obsolete) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
4. (obsolete) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
5. To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

Noun

1. An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
2. (informal) Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).

Synonyms

correct

improve

reform

rectify

alter

change

revise

ameliorate

convert

modify

better

repair

transform

fix

remedy

enhance

adjust

meliorate

shift

redress

upgrade

straighten

turn

make better

emend

remediate

right

manure

fertilize

grease

perfect

revamp

touch up

vary

edit

mend

set right

cure

make right

redact

reduce

refit

release

relocate

remodel

remove

renew

reorganise

resettle

reshape

restore

revert

rework

set aright

slay

straighten out

switch

touch on

transmigrate

transmogrify

transmute

transubstantiate

true

true up

unweave

upset

vamp

walk over

work over

to change

be better

pull up stakes

redress set one right

make improvements

amend a motion

change a proposal

interpret a proposal

move to amend

propose a motion to amend

propose an amendment

revise a proposal

turn over a new life

adfect

align

aline

amendment

assassinate

backspace

betterment

continue

crop

cut

cut corners

decorate

deleting

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

extend

fine-tune

free

🆓

get better

harvest

heal

inspire

iron out

kill

🔪🩸👤

liberate

liquidate

make good

mark

migrate

modification

move

move in

murder

overrule

patch

put right

qualify

raise up

reclaim

recuperate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈmɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: amenden

In summary

From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend.