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Definition of Amelioration
1. Noun. The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.
Generic synonyms: Improvement
Derivative terms: Ameliorate, Ameliorate, Better, Meliorate, Meliorate
Definition of Amelioration
1. n. The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.
Definition of Amelioration
1. Noun. The act of making better. ¹
2. Noun. an improvement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amelioration
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Amelioration
1. Improvement; moderation in the severity of a disease or the intensity of its symptoms. Origin: L. Ad, to, + melioro, to make better (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amelioration
Literary usage of Amelioration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1908)
"While it was assumed that the Second Committee would address itself to the
amelioration of the existing rules and usages of war, as embodied in the ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1824)
"... possible satisfaction to the country. The motion was agreed to, and a com«
mittee appointed. PAPERS RELATING то THE amelioration OF THE CONDITION OF ..."
3. Economic Development of Modern Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg (1917)
"The Problem of Social amelioration. Notwithstanding the Restrictions which operated
to prevent the full and free expression of working-class discontent, ..."
4. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the Earliest Times Until the by Simon Dubnow (1916)
"THE COMMITTEE FOE THE amelioration OP THE JEWS. ... By order of the Tzar a
special " Committee for the amelioration of the Jews " was organized, ..."
5. Introduction to the Study of International Law: Designed as an Aid in by Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1875)
"The tog- principal causes of this amelioration are : 1. ... Thus, for amelioration.
instance, slavery having ceased in nearly all Christian countries under ..."
6. The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences: Translation of the Original by James Brown Scott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Division of International Law (1921)
"... ordinary professor of law at the University of Bonn, Solicitor of the Crown;
amelioration of the condition of the wounded in armies in the field, ..."
7. International Law by George Grafton Wilson, ( (1922)
"APPENDIX III CONVENTION FOR THE amelioration OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED IN
ARMIES IN THE FIELD. GENEVA, JULY 6, 1906 (Names of thirty-five States) ..."
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