emendation

American  

[ee-muhn-dey-shuhn, em-uhn-] / ˌi mənˈdeɪ ʃən, ˌɛm ən- /

noun

1. a correction or change, as of a text.

2. the act of emending.

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emendation British  

/ ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən, ɪˈmɛndətərɪ, -trɪ /

noun

1. a correction or improvement in a text

2. the act or process of emending

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Other Word Forms

• emendator noun
• emendatory adjective
• nonemendation noun

Etymology

Origin of emendation

1530–40; < Latin ēmendātiōn- (stem of ēmendātiō ), equivalent to ēmendāt ( us ) ( emendate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Harman’s emendation explains why the nomad does not have knowledge and accounts for the intuition that the man in Russell’s case does not actually know what time it is.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

“In conversation, those uneasy eyes upon you, those lips ready with an emendation before you have begun to speak, are a powerful deterrent to unreality, even to hope.”

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2020

Rather, there is rhetoric, history and mythology, which memorials attempt to fix in some kind of permanent form, beyond emendation or contradiction.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2016

They've been rehearsing it again this week for the Michael Grandage company at the Noël Coward theatre and Joe's emendation is intact.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012

I had once suggested a textual emendation in class, and he had given me a queer look.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok