Amend
Amend verb - To remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from.
Usage example: the Bill of Rights was adopted in an effort to amend a constitution that seemed to many to be deficient in guaranteeing individual rights
Regulate and amend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regulate" instead a verb "Amend".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| behavior | amend behavior | regulate behavior |
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Regulate and Amend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/amend/regulate
Amend & Regulate. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/amend/regulate>.
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