noun
Rare, literary term for correction or revision, often used humbly when asking someone to correct one's work. The image is of an axe cutting away errors. Modern equivalents include 添削 or 修正.
「斧正を請う」という表現は、文章の添削をへりくだって依頼するときに使われる。
The expression '斧正を請う' is used when humbly requesting the correction of a piece of writing.