amelioration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: amelioration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for amelioration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amelioration n the act of relieving ills and changing for the better [syn: amelioration, melioration, betterment]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amelioration \Amel`iora"tion\, n. [Cf. F. am[82]lioration.] The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration. [bd]Amelioration of human affairs.[b8] --J. S. Mill.