Amelioration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amelioration \A*mel`io*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. am['e]lioration.]
     The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated;
     making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
     "Amelioration of human affairs." --J. S. Mill.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amelioration
       n : the act of relieving ills and changing for the better [syn:
           {melioration}, {betterment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "amelioration":
     Great Leap Forward, about-face, accommodation, adaptation,
     adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amendment, apostasy,
     ascent, bettering, betterment, boost, break, change,
     change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity,
     conversion, defection, degeneration, degenerative change,
     deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, divergence,
     diversification, diversion, diversity, enhancement, enrichment,
     eugenics, euthenics, fitting, flip-flop, furtherance,
     gradual change, headway, improvement, lift, melioration, mend,
     mending, mitigation, modification, modulation, overthrow, pickup,
     preferment, progress, progression, promotion, qualification,
     radical change, re-creation, realignment, recovery, redesign,
     reform, reformation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restoration,
     restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, rise,
     shift, sudden change, switch, total change, transition, turn,
     turnabout, upbeat, upheaval, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend,
     upward mobility, variation, variety, violent change, worsening