amelioration
/əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/
amelioration noun: the act of making better.
Noun
amelioration (countable and uncountable, plural ameliorations)
- The act of making better.
- The tumult was over, and all things returned to their old place; and the abuse remained without remedy, and the wrong without redress. Ah! if the doctrine of amelioration be true, what a mighty debt does the future owe to the past!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 262
- Antonyms:
- deterioration
- An improvement.
- Synonyms:
- revamp
- The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
- Antonyms:
- pejoration
- An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
- pre-amelioration
- post-amelioration
amelioration meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Sanskrit
amelioration in Tamil
- நலப்படுத்துதல், வீரியம் தணித்தல், நோய் தணிதல், நோய் தணிவு
amelioration in Urdu
- بہتری
amelioration in Kannada
- ಮೇಲಾಗಿಕೆ, ಉತ್ತಮೀಕರಣ, ಉತ್ತಮಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ
amelioration in Sanskrit
- amelioration, betterment, improvement
- वर्धन várdhana
More languagesFewer languages
- amelioration in Malay
- ameliorasi
Synonyms of amelioration
Antonyms
Forms of amelioration
| plural | ameliorations |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | melioration |
Origin of amelioration
From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion.
Words that rhyme with amelioration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about amelioration
- What does amelioration mean?
- Amelioration means the act of making better.
- What is amelioration in Tamil?
- Amelioration in Tamil is நலப்படுத்துதல், வீரியம் தணித்தல், நோய் தணிதல். See Amelioration meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is amelioration?
- Amelioration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amelioration?
- Amelioration is pronounced /əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of amelioration?
- The plural of amelioration is ameliorations.
Words near amelioration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amelioration (page history and authors); amelioration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amelioration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amelioration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वर्धन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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