amendment

noun5

1. •
   An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
2. •
   In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.

   • 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. — 2014
3. •
   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.
4. •
   Correction of an error in a writ or process.
5. •
   That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.