Definition of "emendation" [em•en•da•tion]

• The act of emending. (noun)
• An alteration intended to improve: textual emendations made by the editor. (noun)

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• "_Foretel_ favours the emendation, which is made with great acuteness; yet the original reading may, I think, stand."
• "Here, then, is another authority against Gifford's proposed "emendation" of the expression as it occurs in _Hamlet_."
• "I can hardly persuade myself that I shall let you depart for Gloucestershire without seeing you for an hour, but can make no promise to myself, should it be so I have only to assure you of my cordial good wishes for your emendation in health, and of my love for all."