Emendation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Noun

1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
• 1922, Virginia Woolf, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation.
2. 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.

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