emendation
Scholarly text revision
Emendation is a correction or improvement to a text, especially one made by a scholar or editor to fix errors in a manuscript: The critical edition includes emendations to the corrupted passages.
The word implies careful, authoritative revision rather than casual editing—restoring what the original author likely intended.
Check writing for mistakes
- copyeditRefine text professionally
- redlineEditorial revision marking
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- annotateAdd explanatory remarks
manuscript · draft · punctuation · syntax · grammar · rephrase · rewrite · formatting
Act of setting straight
- corrigendumAcknowledged error in print
- erratumDocumented publishing mistake
- redressCompensation for injury
- fixRepair or solution
typo · misprint · error · mistake · inaccuracy · fault · defect · oversight
Altering to improve
- polishSmooth by rubbing
- refineRemove impurities from
- reworkModify something already made
- improveRaise in quality
enhance · perfect · hone · sharpen · tweak · redraft · revise · modify
To make understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
- explainMake something understood
annotate · gloss · paraphrase · disambiguate · decipher · unravel · demystify · enlighten
proofread
Check writing for mistakes
- copyeditRefine text professionally
- redlineEditorial revision marking
- markupAdded percentage for profit
annotate · manuscript · draft · punctuation · syntax · grammar · rephrase · rewrite · formatting · footnote
rectification
Act of setting straight
- corrigendumAcknowledged error in print
- erratumDocumented publishing mistake
- redressCompensation for injury
fix · typo · misprint · error · mistake · inaccuracy · fault · defect · oversight · correction
revision
Altering to improve
improve · enhance · perfect · hone · sharpen · tweak · redraft · revise · modify · update
elucidate
To make understood
- explicateClarify through detailed analysis
- illuminateSupply with radiance
- interpretExtract or convey meaning
explain · annotate · gloss · paraphrase · disambiguate · decipher · unravel · demystify · enlighten · clarify
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- correctionscorrection, corrections, fix, fixing, rectification
- annotationsfootnote, annotations, marginalia, endnote, footnotes
- Shakespeare studiesKing Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Merchant of Venice
- Alexandrian scholarshipEratosthenes, philology, literary commentary, Apollonius, collation
- classical philologyclassical studies, classical languages, ancient Greek, ancient texts, philologists
emendationcorruption
Dishonest abuse of power
worsening · degradation · debasement · vitiation · adulteration
emendationstet
Editorial "never mind"
preservation · retention · non-intervention · interpolation · bowdlerization
mend, amend, amends, mended, mending, amendment, amended, amending, mender