amend

Pronunciation: /əˈmɛnd/

The English word “amend” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

To make better; improve.
To become better.
To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

noun

An act of righting a wrong; compensation.

Etymology

From Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō (“free from faults”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mendum (“fault”). Compare aphetic mend. Doublet of emend.

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