Emendation

//ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. uncountable

    "‘Aye, aye,’ quoth she, and it will be observed that no emendation whatever is necessary to be made in these two initiative remarks, ‘Aye, aye! […]"

  2. 2
    a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing wordnet
  3. 3
    Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document. countable

    "The book might be improved by judicious emendations."

  4. 4
    An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed. countable, uncountable

    "The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα."

Etymology

From Middle English emendatioun, from Latin ēmendātiō; equivalent to emend + -ation. Piecewise doublet of amendation.

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