alteration
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another“the change was intended to increase sales”“this storm is certainly a change for the worse”“the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago”Synonyms: changemodification
- the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)Synonyms: modificationadjustment
- the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)“it would require a drastic revision of his opinion”Synonyms: revision
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Alteration \Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt['e]ration.]
1.The act of altering or making different. [1913 Webster]
Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]
2.The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. [1913 Webster]
Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt.— Swift.[1913 Webster]