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emendation

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e·men·da·tion  (-mndshn, mn-)
n.
1. The act of emending.
2. An alteration intended to improve: textual emendations made by the editor.

emendation [ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a correction or improvement in a text
2. the act or process of emending
emendator  n
emendatory  [ɪˈmɛndətərɪ -trɪ] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.emendation - a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
correction, rectification - the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
Translations
emendation [ˌiːmenˈdeɪʃən] Nenmienda f
emendation
nVerbesserung f, → Korrektur f
emendation [ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃn] ncorrezione f, emendamento
emendation [ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃn] ncorrezione f, emendamento


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Every emendation of Anne's had been on the side of honesty against importance.
Biaggini, pointed to it once as it was just standing on the top of Levanzo, and said to me "Come cavalca bene" ("How well it rides"), and this immediately suggested my emendation to me.
, which passed under the name of annotations, or emendations, were found so completely to have enveloped, distorted, and overwhelmed the text, that the author had to go about with a lantern to discover his own book.
 
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