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Melioration

noun
1.
The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.  Synonyms: amelioration, betterment.
2.
A condition superior to an earlier condition.  Synonym: improvement.  Antonym: decline.
3.
The linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning.





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"Melioration" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the Aborigines of Australia as it appears to have existed from time immemorial it will not be irrelevant to examine what change or melioration of their social state is likely to arise from the settlement of a civilised ...
— Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2) • George Grey


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