Thesaurus: alteration

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1. n. The act of altering or making different.
2. n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
3. n. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
4. n. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
5. n. the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
6. 1. The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker. 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. Swift.
7. n:100 n. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)