amendatory

amen·da·to·ry

adj \ə-ˈmen-də-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of AMENDATORY

: corrective

Examples of AMENDATORY

1. <a bill of rights was seen as a much-needed amendatory supplement to the national constitution>

Origin of AMENDATORY

amend + -atory (as in emendatory)

First Known Use: 1764

Related to AMENDATORY

Synonyms: corrective, rectifying, remedial, remedying, reformative, reformatory

Related Words: curative, medicinal, therapeutic; reparative, restorative; beneficial, helpful, salutary, wholesome; antidotal, counteractive, counterbalancing

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Rhymes with AMENDATORY

accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, premonitory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory