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The act of relieving ills and changing for the better
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melioration
Word definitions for melioration in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) An improvement, betterment or amelioration
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Melioration \Mel`io*ra"tion\, n. [L. melioratio.] The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. --Bacon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "improvement," from Late Latin meliorationem (nominative melioratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin meliorare (see meliorate ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of relieving ills and changing for the better [syn: amelioration , betterment ] a condition superior to an earlier condition; "the new school represents a great improvement" [syn: improvement ] [ant: decline ] the linguistic process in which ...
Usage examples of melioration.
And with each expansion of horizon, from the troglodytal cave to the Buddhist temple on the hilltop — and on now to the moon — there has been, as there must inevitably be, not only an expansion of consciousness, in keeping with ever-widening as well as deepening insights into the nature of Nature (which is of one nature with ourselves), but also an enrichment, refinement, and general melioration of the conditions of human physical life.
And with each expansion of horizon, from the troglodytal cave to the Buddhist temple on the hilltop -- and on now to the moon -- there has been, as there must inevitably be, not only an expansion of consciousness, in keeping with ever-widening as well as deepening insights into the nature of Nature (which is of one nature with ourselves), but also an enrichment, refinement, and general melioration of the conditions of human physical life.