Emendation

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  • noun. The act of emending.
  • noun. An alteration intended to improve.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The removal of errors; the correction of that which is erroneous or faulty; alteration for the better; correction.
  • noun. An alteration or correction, especially in a text: as, a new edition containing many emendations.
  • noun. Synonyms Amendment, rectification, reformation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
  • noun. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
  • noun. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
    • Word Usage
    "_Foretel_ favours the emendation, which is made with great acuteness; yet the original reading may, I think, stand."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    correction  rectification  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anyone  clubfoot  critick  embouchure  etymon  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    correction  improvement  
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