melioration, n.
(meliorations)
freq. cnt. 1
(meliorations)
freq. cnt. 1
the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
amelioration betterment melioration
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the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
<noun.process>
melioration
a condition superior to an earlier condition
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
improvement melioration
sample sentences
"the new school represents a great improvement"
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