Amelioration
[ə,miljə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of relieving ills and changing for the better.
Checker: Trent--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
Inputed by Augustine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Improvement, amendment, melioration, bettering.
Edited by Barrett
Examples
- To that quite as much as to the amelioration of things by a diffused prosperity, this phase of quiescence among the lower classes is to be ascribed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do we not find, especially in large cities, that the greatest hindrance to the amelioration of the poor is their improvidence in marriage? Plato. The Republic.
- Social peace is impossible without a rapid amelioration of the needless discomforts of the present time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A hope of amelioration always attends on change of place, which would even lighten the burthen of my life. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Manuel