Emendation
Emendation , noun
[Latin emendatio: compare French émendation.]
1.
The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.
He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation.
2.
Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.