Meaning & use
Emendation
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A correction or alteration made to a text, especially to fix an error or restore an original reading.
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The scholar proposed an emendation to the corrupted line of the ancient manuscript.
The new edition includes dozens of small emendations based on the author's original notes.
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Emendation is most associated with textual and literary scholarship, where editors carefully justify each proposed change to a historical document.
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