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Amendment

/əˈmɛndmənt/
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(noun) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

The amendment was first proposed in 1789.
The Thirteenth Amendment freed all Negro slaves.
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The first ____ to the constitution protects the freedom of speech.

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