amelioration
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Amelioration \A*mel`io*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. am['e]lioration.]
The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated;
making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
"Amelioration of human affairs." --J. S. Mill.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "amelioration":
Great Leap Forward, about-face, accommodation, adaptation,
adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amendment, apostasy,
ascent, bettering, betterment, boost, break, change,
change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity,
conversion, defection, degeneration, degenerative change,
deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, divergence,
diversification, diversion, diversity, enhancement, enrichment,
eugenics, euthenics, fitting, flip-flop, furtherance,
gradual change, headway, improvement, lift, melioration, mend,
mending, mitigation, modification, modulation, overthrow, pickup,
preferment, progress, progression, promotion, qualification,
radical change, re-creation, realignment, recovery, redesign,
reform, reformation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restoration,
restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, rise,
shift, sudden change, switch, total change, transition, turn,
turnabout, upbeat, upheaval, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend,
upward mobility, variation, variety, violent change, worsening
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