emendation

Meaning

Noun

• The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
• Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.
• An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.

Related

Similar words

• revision

Origin

• emend + -ation