Emendation: alternatives and connections

The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

a system for automatically correcting text

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

A making better; amendment; improvement.

A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a t…

Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.

That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids;…

a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors

Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.

Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.

To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual cri…

Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observa…

lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles

To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of te…

the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability; "Although useful, such samples are not representative of t…