- The act of emending.
- An alteration intended to improve: textual emendations made by the editor.
Dictionary:
e·men·da·tion (ĭ-mĕn'dā'shən, ē'mĕn-) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: emendation |
| Literary Dictionary: emendation |
emendation, a correction made to a text in the belief that the author's original wording has been wrongly altered, e.g. by scribal error, printer's misreading, or the intervention of censorship. Unlike an amendment, which creates a fresh wording, an emendation aims to restore a lost original.
| WordNet: emendation |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
| emendatory | |
| castigation | |
| ossia |
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