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Webster 1913 Edition
Amelioration
A-melˊio-ra′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
amélioration
.] The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
“Amelioration of human affairs.” J. S. Mill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amelioration
AMELIORA'TION
,Noun.