emendation

American  

[ee-muhn-dey-shuhn, em-uhn-] / ˌi mənˈdeɪ ʃən, ˌɛm ən- /

noun

1. a correction or change, as of a text.

2. the act of emending.

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emendation British  

/ ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən, ɪˈmɛndətərɪ, -trɪ /

noun

1. a correction or improvement in a text

2. the act or process of emending

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Other Word Forms

• emendator noun
• emendatory adjective
• nonemendation noun

Etymology

Origin of emendation

1530–40; < Latin ēmendātiōn- (stem of ēmendātiō ), equivalent to ēmendāt ( us ) ( emendate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

“The Institute,” a 2019 novel by Stephen King, Maine’s Master of the Macabre — or horror, I just said macabre for the alliteration — has become a miniseries with some major additions and minor emendations.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite these emendations, this “Seagull” remains surprisingly faithful to the spirit, if not the letter, of Chekhov’s original.

From New York Times

Between narrative passages, we can see editorial notes for future emendations, e.g.

From Washington Post

Our scripts are just filled with that same sort of crossing out and emendations that Hemingway did.

From New York Times

“In conversation, those uneasy eyes upon you, those lips ready with an emendation before you have begun to speak, are a powerful deterrent to unreality, even to hope.”

From New York Times