Thesaurus: melioration

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1. n. The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.
2. n. the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
3. n. a condition superior to an earlier condition
4. n. the word/linguistic">linguistic word/process">process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
5. The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. Bacon.
6. The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of beingmeliorated; improvement. Bacon.
7. n. the word/linguistic">linguistic word/process">process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning