postamble

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noun

A short concluding statement or remark, especially summarizing a formal document or statute.

Similar
epilogue
Opposite
preambleprefaceprologue
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Meanings

nounpostamble (plural postambles)

plural postambles · alternative post-amble

  1. A short concluding statement or remark, especially summarizing a formal document or statute.

    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 […]

    2014, Katherine Elizabeth Mack, From Apartheid to Democracy: Deliberating Truth and Reconciliation in South […]

    Synonyms: epilogue

  2. computingClosing statements of a computer program; final or closing part of data.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA short concluding statement or remark, especially summarizing a formal document or statute.

Similar
epilogue

antonym(s) of

Opposite
preamble
Opposite
prefaceprologue
Also see
afterwordendsayendspeech

Origin

Modelled on preamble, with post- replacing pre-.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

postamble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postamble

MLA

“postamble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postamble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postamble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postamble.

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