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Amelioration

//əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making better. countable, uncountable

    "The tumult was over, and all things returned to their old place; and the abuse remained without remedy, and the wrong without redress. Ah! if the doctrine of amelioration be true, what a mighty debt does the future owe to the past!"

  2. 2
    the act of relieving ills and changing for the better wordnet
  3. 3
    An improvement. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts. countable, uncountable

    "pre-amelioration"

Etymology

From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion.

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