Definition of amend

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Amend (v. t.) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;.

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Expiate :: Expiate (v. t.) To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin..
Report :: Report (v. t.) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry..
Penitent :: Penitent (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life..
Reformation :: Reformation (n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses..
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault..
Abye :: Abye (v. t. & i.) To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.
Atonement :: Atonement (n.) Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ..
Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
Amendatory :: Amendatory (a.) Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory.
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care..
Repair :: Repair (v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage..
Amend :: Amend (v. t.) by supplying deficiencies.
Restore :: Restore (v. t.) To make good; to make amends for.
Amending :: Amending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amen.
Atone :: Atone (v. i.) To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime..
Amendful :: Amendful (a.) Much improving.
-able :: -able () An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable..
Amender :: Amender (n.) One who amends.
Compensation :: Compensation (n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense..
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