Reformation vs Amendment - What's the difference?
reformation | amendment | Synonyms |
An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs.
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.
Amendment is a synonym of reformation.
As nouns the difference between reformation and amendment
is that reformation is an improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs while amendment is an alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.As a proper noun Reformation
is the religious movement initiated by Martin Luther in the 16th century to reform the Roman Catholic Church.reformation
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(en noun)External links
* (Protestant Reformation)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
