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emendation definition

emen·da·tion (ē′men dā′s̸hən, -mən-; also em′en-, -ən-)

noun

  1. the act of emending
  2. correction or change made in a text, as in an attempt to restore the original reading

Etymology: ME emendacioun < L emendatio

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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