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melioration
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melioration
n.
improvement
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Amelioration
Amelioration may refer to:
- Amelioration patterns, a software design pattern
- Amelioration Act 1798, a statute enacted in the Leeward Islands regarding the treatment of slaves
- Rapid climatic amelioration, used in geology to denote a major change from glacial to interglacial stages, specifically regarding transitions in the oxygen isotope ratio cycle
- An alternative name for land improvement
- A specific type of semantic change – the introduction of positive connotations or removal of negative ones for a word or expression
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melioration
Noun
1. the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
(synonym) amelioration, betterment
(hypernym) improvement
(derivation) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
2. a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement"
(synonym) improvement
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) betterment
(derivation) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
3. the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
(hypernym) drift
(derivation) better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
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Melioration (die)
nf.
melioration, improvement, state of being made better
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mélioration
nf.
melioration, improvement
