Reconstruction vs Amendment - What's the difference?
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A thing that has been reconstructed or restored to an earlier state.
The act of restoring something to an earlier state.
A result of an attempt to understand in detail how a certain result or event occurred.
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.
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(legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
Reconstruction is a related term of amendment.
As a proper noun reconstruction
is a period of the history of the united states from 1865 to 1877, during which the nation tried to resolve the status of the ex-confederate states, the ex-confederate leaders, and the freedmen (ex-slaves) after the american civil war.As a noun amendment is
an alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.reconstruction
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Noun
(en noun)- The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year.
- The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious.
amendment
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(wikipedia amendment)Noun
(en noun)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.
- The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery.
- a soil amendment