melioration

Noun
Synonyms: ameliorationbettermentimprovement

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the act of relieving ills and changing for the betterSynonyms: ameliorationbetterment
  2. a condition superior to an earlier condition“the new school represents a great improvement”Synonyms: improvement
  3. the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
Advertisement

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Melioration \Mel`io*ra"tion\, n. [L. melioratio.] The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Advertisement