The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recension \Re*cen"sion\ (r[-e]*s[e^]n"sh[u^]n), n. [L. recensio:
   cf. F. recension.]
   1. The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination;
      enumeration. --Barrow.
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   2. Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient
      author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. The result of such a work; a text established by critical
      revision; an edited version.
      [1913 Webster]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

70 Moby Thesaurus words for "recension":
   amendment, article, autograph, brainchild, composition,
   computer printout, copy, correction, document, draft,
   edited version, editing, emendation, engrossment, essay, fair copy,
   fiction, final draft, finished version, first draft, flimsy,
   holograph, letter, literae scriptae, literary artefact,
   literary production, literature, lucubration, manuscript, matter,
   nonfiction, opus, original, paper, parchment, penscript, piece,
   piece of writing, play, poem, printed matter, printout, production,
   reading matter, rectification, redaction, redraft, rescript,
   rescription, revampment, review, revisal, revise, revised edition,
   revision, rewrite, rewriting, screed, scrip, script, scrive,
   scroll, second draft, the written word, transcript, transcription,
   typescript, version, work, writing