emendation

Meanings

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

Etymology

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