emendation

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Synonyms: mentation, emanation, exundation, amandation, emendator, cementation, mundation, dementation, emendations, edentation, emendating

Antonyms: mentation, emanation, exundation, amandation, emendator, cementation, mundation, dementation, emendations, edentation, emendating

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; [[correction]]; [[improvement]].
2. {{lb|en|countable}} Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of [[error]]s or [[corruption]]s from a document.
3. {{lb|en|zoology|taxonomy}} An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.

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