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AMELIORATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of relieving ills and changing for the better
Synonyms:
amelioration; betterment; melioration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("amelioration" is a kind of...):
improvement (the act of improving something)
Derivation:
ameliorate (get better)
ameliorate (to make better)