emendation

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emendations

1.
(uncountable)The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
2.
(countable)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.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(zoology, taxonomy) An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.
The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα.

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