amelioration
noun/əˌmiːliəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English amelioracioun, from Middle French amelioracion and probably partly ameliorate + -ion.
1
The act of making better.
- The tumult was over, and all things returned to their old place; and the abuse remained without remedy, and the wrong without redress. Ah! if the doctrine of amelioration be true, what a mighty debt does the future owe to the past!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 262:
2
An improvement.
3
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
4
Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
- pre-amelioration
- post-amelioration