Emendation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emendation \Em`en*da"tion\, n. [L. emendatio: cf. F.
     ['e]mendation.]
     1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is
        erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in
        his sin without repentance or emendation." --Jer. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  emendation
       n : a correction by emending; a correction resulting from
           critical editing