emendation

noun

emen·​da·​tion ˌē-ˌmen-ˈdā-shən 

ˌe-mən-, 

e-ˌmen-

1

: the act or practice of emending

2

: an alteration designed to correct or improve

Synonyms of emendation

• amendment

Examples of emendation in a Sentence

the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched

Recent Examples on the Web

The Big 12 Conference made a slight emendation on Tuesday. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026

There would be no airbrushing of the old photos, no silent emendation of the letters from summer camp. — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

In the execution scene, the emendations almost seem designed to make an already dismaying narrative intolerable. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023

One emendation to the oddsmaker’s craft was the shocking triumph of Leicester City in the English Premier League in 2016. — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018

Likewise, a 2004 emendation and intensification of the act was also ratified, in part, as a response to the death of another child, Victoria Climbié, at the hands of her guardians. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018

Richard Ouellette’s décor, with a central pavilion amid a grove, serves for both productions, with slight emendations. — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for emendation

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation