emendation
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- noun
- /ˌɛmənˈdeɪʃən/
- Formal
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enmendación
- The professor noted the emendation in the margin as a significant improvement to the argument.
- scribal emendations
- proposed emendations
Examples
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The editor made an important emendation to the manuscript before publication.
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After reviewing the text, the scholar suggested several emendations for clarity.
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But it is worth repeating that she offered not a single emendation.
Academic text (1998) -
The proposed emendations were then submitted to the National Assembly for approval.
Academic text (1994) -
Only an amendment to the Constitution by the authority that made the Constitution can authorize an emendation in that original understanding.
Academic text (2008) -
The Vatican's response to his final emendation is pertinent:
Academic text (2002) -
"The set of her jaw signaled dissatisfaction with his emendation."
Fiction book (2002) -
The 1983 emendations restored women's autonomy within a legally defined conception of family.
Academic text (1994) -
Each night, I would transcribe the notes I had collected: bits of new village trivia, emendations to previously recorded data, chance insights, and lines of inquiry to pursue in the future.
Fiction book (1993) -
Through the past century, layer upon layer of well-intentioned reforms have led to the promulgation and emendation of a gargantuan, unreadable state constitution now running into the tens of thousands of words.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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3.9
A change made to a document or law to improve it
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2.8
A change made to improve text, like a book or article
A change made before publishing a document to fix mistakes
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Etymology
The word emendation comes from the Latin verb emendare, which means 'to correct'. Think of the common English word mend ('to fix'); an emendation is a 'fix' made to a text to remove mistakes.