melioration
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1 melioration
The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.
synoniemen: amelioration, betterment.
Roget 658: improvement; amelioration, melioration; betterment; mend, amendment, emendation; mending etc. v.; advancement; advance etc. (progress) ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: verbetering
Pools: doskonalenie
2 melioration
A condition superior to an earlier condition.
synoniem: improvement.
3 melioration
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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