emendation Definition
emen·da·tion (ē′men dā′s̸hən, -mən-; also em′en-, -ən-)
noun
- the act of emending
- correction or change made in a text, as in an attempt to restore the original reading
Etymology: ME emendacioun < L emendatio
emendation Synonyms
emendation
n.
A revision
editing, revisal, correction, change; see improvement 2, revision.Improvement
amendment, amelioration, betterment; see correction 1, improvement 1.
emendation Law Definition
n
The act of revising a
document.
emendation Usage Examples
Preposition: of
text: Wherever the grammar of a sentence was destroyed by the omission, some conjectural emendation of the injured text was made to restore sense.
Converse of object
- suggest: I suggest emendation to " more than big enough " to preserve the rhythm.
- propose: Then he may propose an emendation to obtain a grammatical form or sense more satisfactory to him.
- require: The scholarly reviews that appeared noting its contents do not require emendation, because the book has not been rewritten.
- accept: I feel sure that Cobden could have accepted these emendations of his original statement.
Adjective modifier
- conjectural: Wherever the grammar of a sentence was destroyed by the omission, some conjectural emendation of the injured text was made to restore sense.
- textual: Most scholars attribute these problems to errors in transmission and try to solve them through textual emendation.
- editorial: I have attempted to provide readers with a modernized edition of the text with editorial emendations.
- few: The few editorial emendations that have been made are clearly indicated in red.
- slight: Drawn up by Thomas Jefferson ( with slight emendations ), it was to be one of the great historical documents of all time.
- significant: Western law and society, by contrast, have not admitted significant emendation at the hands of another culture for many centuries.
Noun used with modifier
editorial: The second concerns editorial emendations, where the original scribe has clearly made an error.
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