emendation

1. (uncountable) The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.Examples: "‘Aye, aye,’ quoth she, and it will be observed that no emendation whatever is necessary to be made in these two initiative remarks, ‘Aye, aye! […]"; "Then, less melodiously, dissenters of different sects issue a cantankerous emendation."uncountable

2. (countable) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document.Examples: "The book might be improved by judicious emendations."; "After some deliberation I decided to publish this journal, with only such emendations and corrections as its hasty writing in camp necessitated."; "Why, he had all the earmarks of a typewriter copyist, if you leave out the disposition to contribute uninvited emendations of your grammar and punctuation."countable

3. (zoology, taxonomy) An intentional change in the spelling of a scientific name, which is usually not allowed.Examples: "The genus name Uramyia is an unjustified emendation of Uramya even though it uses a better transliteration of the Greek word μυῖα."countableuncountable