Recension

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.

(2): ( n.) The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.

(3): ( n.) The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The name given to the critical revision of the text of an author, or the revised text itself.