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Webster 1913 Edition

Amelioration

A-melˊio-ra′tion

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

amélioration

.]

The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

“Amelioration of human affairs.”

J. S. Mill.

Webster 1828 Edition

Amelioration

AMELIORA'TION

,

Noun.

A making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

Definition 2024

amelioration

amelioration

See also: amélioration

English

Noun

amelioration ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ameliorations)

The act of making better.
an improvement

Antonyms

deterioration

Translations

act of making better

Bulgarian: подобряване (bg) ‎(podobrjavane)
Catalan: millora f
Danish: forbedre (da)
German: Verbesserung (de) f, Besserung (de) f
Japanese: 改良 (ja) ‎(kairyō)

Portuguese: melhoramento (pt) m
Romanian: ameliorare (ro) f, îmbunătățire (ro) f
Serbo-Croatian: amelioracija (sh) f
Spanish: mejoría (es) f, mejora (es) f
Swedish: förbättring (sv)
Yiddish: פֿאַרבעסערונג f ‎(farbeserung)

improvement

Bulgarian: подобрение (bg) ‎(podobrenie)
Danish: forbedring (da)
French: amélioration (fr) f
German: Verbesserung (de) f, Besserung f (medicine)

Portuguese: melhora (pt) f, melhoria (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian: amelioracija (sh) f
Spanish: mejora (es) f
Swedish: förbättring (sv)
Yiddish: פֿאַרבעסערונג f ‎(farbeserung), תּיקון m ‎(tikn)