Synonyms of emendation

emendation

noun

ˌē-ˌmen-ˈdā-shən 

as in amendment

a change designed to correct or improve a written work

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• amendment
• correction
• alteration
• modification
• revision
• improvement
• adjustment
• addition
• amplification
• deletion
• explanation
• clarification
• explication
• supplement
• cut
• renovation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emendation

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