postamble
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Modelled on preamble, with post- replacing pre-.
Noun[edit]
postamble (plural postambles)
- A short concluding statement or remark, especially summarizing a formal document or statute.
- 2014, Katherine Elizabeth Mack, From Apartheid to Democracy: Deliberating Truth and Reconciliation in South […] [1]:
- The “postamble” of the interim constitution reads: In order to advance such reconciliation and reconstruction, amnesty shall be granted in respect of acts, omissions and offences associated with political objectives […]
- (computing) Closing statements of a computer program; final or closing part of data.
Synonyms[edit]
- (concluding statement or remark): epilogue; see also Thesaurus:afterword
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “concluding statement or remark”): preamble, preface, prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword