Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Effecting amendment; serving to amend or correct: Describes something that makes changes or corrections, typically to improve, fix errors, or update a document, law, or text.

Usage

The adjective "amendatory" is used to describe an action, clause, phrase, or piece of legislation that is intended to alter, revise, or correct something. It is a formal term, most commonly found in legal, governmental, or official textual contexts.

Examples

• The senator proposed an amendatory clause to the bill.
• The editor's amendatory notes were very helpful for improving the manuscript.
• The committee reviewed the amendatory provisions before voting.

Advanced Usage

• "Amendatory act": A law or statute that modifies an existing law.
  • The parliament passed an amendatory act to update the tax code.
• "Amendatory language": The specific wording used to introduce a change or correction.
  • The contract's amendatory language clarified the delivery deadlines.

Variants and Related Words

• Amend (verb): To make minor changes to a text, law, or document to improve it or correct it.
  • They agreed to amend the constitution.
• Amendment (noun): A minor change, addition, or correction designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
  • The first amendment guarantees freedom of speech.
• Amendable (adjective): Capable of being amended.
  • The proposal is amendable before the final vote.

Synonyms

• Corrective: Intended to correct something.
• Revisory: Relating to the revision or amendment of something.
• Emendatory: (Less common) Relating to the correction of errors in a text.

Antonyms

• Unchanging: Not changing; remaining the same.
• Fixed: Fastened securely; established and not subject to change.
• Permanent: Lasting or intended to last indefinitely without change.

Adjective

1. effecting amendment
   • added amendatory phrases to the text