emendation

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EMENDA'TION, noun [Latin emendatio.] The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; applied particularly to the correction of errors in writings. When we speak of like and manners, we use amend, amendment, the French orthography. 1. An alteration for the better; correction of an error or fault. The last edition of the book contains many emendations.
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