Definition of Emendetion
Em`en*da"tion (?), n. [L.
emendatio: cf. F. émendation.]
1. The act of altering for the better, or
correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction;
improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or
emendation." Jer. Taylor.
2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a
text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions
from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious
emendations.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
- Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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