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Webster 1913 Edition
Emendation
Emˊen-da′tion
,Noun.
[L.
emendatio
: cf. F. émendation
.] 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
Webster 1828 Edition
Emendation
EMENDA'TION
,Noun.
1.
An alteration for the better; correction of an error or fault.The last edition of the book contains many emendations.
Definition 2024
emendation
emendation
English
Noun
emendation (plural emendations)
- The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157
- Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157
- Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
- The book might be improved by judicious emendations.