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English

emendations

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
  2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
  3. An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data