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melioration

me·lio·ra·tion

uncommon archaic

noun

1.

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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2.

a condition superior to an earlier condition

  • “the new school represents a great improvement”
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3.

the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning

Origin

From Latin meliōrātiō.

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