melioration
Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning.: Compare pejoration (def. 2).
Origin of melioration
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How to use melioration in a sentence
Peace followed victory, and the melioration of the condition of the enemy followed peace.
From Farm House to the White House | William M. ThayerMay every sun that shines on your green island see the annihilation of an abuse, and the birth of an embryon of melioration!
Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer | Charles SotheranEvery circumstance conspired to this melioration of the art in Florence as well as in other places.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6) | Luigi Antonio LanziBut the seeds from a young tree, having itself the tendency to melioration, are more likely to produce improved sorts.
American Pomology | J. A. WarderThe principle of the one, in short, was melioration; of the other, conservation.
Constitutional History of England, volume 3 of 3 | Henry Hallam
British Dictionary definitions for melioration
/ (ˌmiːlɪəˈreɪʃən) /
the act or an instance of improving or the state of being improved
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