Complete Definition of "emendation"

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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

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emendation

#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.

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1922, w:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf, w:Jacob's Room|Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 157

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