postamble

English

Alternative forms

  • post-amble

Etymology

Modelled on preamble, with post- replacing pre-.

Noun

postamble (plural postambles)

  1. 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 [] :
      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 []
  2. (computing) Closing statements of a computer program; final or closing part of data.

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