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.

Synonyms

• (concluding statement or remark): epilogue; see also Thesaurus:afterword

Antonyms

• (concluding statement or remark): preamble, preface, prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword