amelioration
Collocations
4ADJ.
true
VERB + AMELIORATION
bring
AMELIORATION + NOUN
world
PREP.
about
Definitions
noun
The act of making better.
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!
An improvement.
The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
pre-amelioration
post-amelioration
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
- melioration
- betterment
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4The 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 d
Wiktionarypre-amelioration
Wiktionarypost-amelioration
WiktionaryI hope that everything will bring about the amelioration of the world and mankind.
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