Crossword clues for melioration
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
c.1400, "improvement," from Late Latin meliorationem (nominative melioratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin meliorare (see meliorate).
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) An improvement, betterment or amelioration
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 over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
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.