emendation

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Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document

The book might be improved by judicious emendations.

The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement
{n} a correction, alteration, change
{i} correction, improvement
An intentional change to a previously proposed name, e g , Lindinger proposed the emendation Hemiberlesea for the armored scale Hemiberlesia indicating that it was originally improperly formed
Stem The process of conjecturing a reading that best explains an archetypal error Also called divination
An intentional change in the spelling of a name
a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing
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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To correct and revise (a text)
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to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal
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make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition
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to remove the mistakes from something that has been written amend (emendare, from menda )
emend
{f} correct, amend, revise, improve
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make improvements or corrections to; "the text was emended in the second edition"
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To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp
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