What is the meaning of melioration?

noun

  • The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.
  • A condition superior to an earlier condition.
    • usage: "the new school represents a great improvement"
  • 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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