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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) amelioration, melioration, betterment
the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

2. (noun) improvement, melioration
a condition superior to an earlier condition
"the new school represents a great improvement"

3. (noun) melioration
the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) melioration
the act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement

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