Thesaurus results for AMENDATORY

amendatory

adjective

ə-ˈmen-də-ˌtȯr-ē

Definition of amendatory

as in corrective

serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition a bill of rights was seen as a much-needed amendatory supplement to the national constitution

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Recent Examples of amendatory His amendatory language tightens the bill in that regard by only penalizing the companies found guilty of sharing Montanans’ data with foreign adversaries. — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023 Raoul’s comments on Tuesday came one day after Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite a gun control measure that would have established a 72-hour waiting period to purchase assault-style weapons. — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018

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In that role, Johnson can receive misconduct complaints, review findings and disciplinary recommendations from the independent police auditor and participate in recommending corrective action.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The board, after the hearing, indefinitely extended the stop-work order, stipulating that the developer had to take a number of corrective steps to address the runoff issues.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of corrective

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As part of the reformative aims of the convict system, many of these men were incarcerated at Fremantle Prison, trained, and put to work on infrastructure projects such as bridges, roads, and public buildings.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King's death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.

— The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024

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