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The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.uncountable
- ‘Aye, aye,’ quoth she, and it will be observed that no emendation whatever is necessary to be made in these two initiative remarks, ‘Aye, aye! […]
- Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation.
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Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.countable
- The book might be improved by judicious emendations.
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An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.countableuncountable
- The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.
syn. revision