Amelioration

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  • noun. The act or an instance of ameliorating.
  • noun. The state of being ameliorated; improvement.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; a making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
  • noun. A thing wherein improvement is realized; an improvement.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
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  • noun. The act of making better.
  • noun. an improvement
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  • noun. the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
    • Word Usage
    "The converse process, amelioration, is evident in the slang uses of wicked, deadly, and sick."
    cross-reference
    latent amelioration  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    improvement  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    advancement  aggrandizement  alleviation  betterment  demoralization  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Great Leap Forward  about-face  accommodation  adaptation  adjustment  
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