Thesaurus: emendation
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
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- n. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
- n. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
- n. a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
- 1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor. 2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
- n:100 n. a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing