Amendment vs Atonement - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between amendment and atonement is that amendment is an alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices while atonement is a repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
amendment Noun
( en noun)
An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
In public bodies; Any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
* 2014 , Ian Black, " Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis ", The Guardian , 27 November 2014:
- 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. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.
(legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
- The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
- a soil amendment
Synonyms
* improvement
* reformation
Related terms
* amend
* amendable
* amendatory
See also
* engrossed
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* repeal
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atonement English
Noun
( en noun)
A repair done for the sake of a damaged relationship.
The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
Derived terms
* blood atonement
* limited atonement
* vicarious atonement
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