revision Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
    alteration.
    • it would require a drastic revision of his opinion
  2. noun the act of rewriting something
    rescript; revisal; revise.
  3. noun something that has been written again
    rescript; rewrite.
    • the rewrite was much better

WordNet

Re*vi"sion noun
Etymology
F. révision, L. revisio.
Definitions
  1. The act of revising; reëxamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.
  2. That which is made by revising. Syn. -- Reëxamination; revisal; revise; review.

Webster 1913