A raising up or lifting up; the act of rectifying or correcting something through expert work. (Archaic/rare term.)
From Latin ex- (up, out) + -rection from regere (to direct, rule). The prefix ex- means 'out' or 'up,' and -rection relates to 'rectify' and 'erection.' This appears to be an obsolete or extremely rare learned formation.
This word is so archaic that it's almost a linguistic fossil—it shows how scholars in earlier centuries loved creating technical terms by combining Latin roots, but many of those creations never caught on with ordinary speakers!
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