What is that which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin called?
correction — That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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