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emendation

Today it means: The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. Full definition →

Middle English emendatioun ← Latin ēmendātiō

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Latin · derived fromēmendātiō
Middle English · inherited fromemendatioun
English todayemendation

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.