Meaning of Amelioration | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of making better.
   countable, uncountable
2. An improvement.
   countable, uncountable
3. The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
   countable, uncountable
4. An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The tumult was over, and all things returned to their old place; and the abuse remained without remedy, and the wrong without redress. Ah! if the doctrine of amelioration be true, what a mighty debt does the future owe to the past!”

“pre-amelioration”

“post-amelioration”

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