An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law.
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In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
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(legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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