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Emendation
//ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən// noun
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Noun
- 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 a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing wordnet
- 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 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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