paid dues (verb) amend: improve, correct
Detalii: when you amend a text, you change it - usually for the better and when you emend a text, you simply correct the mistakes; whereas one can amend various aspects of conduct or behavior, emend is used if the issue at hand is that of a manuscript, speech, or literary product
Sinonime: austere, bald,
bare, modest,
simple, unadorned, undecorated, unelaborate
Antonime: embellished