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emendation

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌiːmɛnˈdeɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted adeeimnnotStarts with EEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing

Word origin

From Middle English emendatioun, from Latin ēmendātiō; equivalent to emend + -ation. Piecewise doublet of amendation.

Used in a sentence

  • ‘Aye, aye,’ quoth she, and it will be observed that no emendation whatever is necessary to be made in these two initiative remarks, ‘Aye, aye! […]
  • Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation.
  • The book might be improved by judicious emendations.

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