Hypertext Webster Gateway: "emendation"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Emendation \Em`en*da"tion\, n. [L. emendatio: cf. F.
['e]mendation.]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

emendation
n : a correction by emending; a correction resulting from
critical editing


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