emendation

[ ee-muhn-dey-shuhn, em-uhn- ]

noun

1. a correction or change, as of a text.
2. the act of emending.

emendation

/ ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən; ɪˈmɛndətərɪ; -trɪ /

noun

1. a correction or improvement in a text
2. the act or process of emending

Derived Forms

• emendatory, adjective
• ˈemenˌdator, noun

Other Words From

• e·men·da·to·ry [ih-, men, -d, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
• none·men·dation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emendation¹

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

Example Sentences

Donald Trump might have taken his recent charge that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” right out of the Strangelove screenplay, with only modest emendation needed.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite these emendations, this “Seagull” remains surprisingly faithful to the spirit, if not the letter, of Chekhov’s original.

From New York Times

Between narrative passages, we can see editorial notes for future emendations, e.g.

From Washington Post

Our scripts are just filled with that same sort of crossing out and emendations that Hemingway did.

From New York Times

“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