melioration
/,miljə'reɪʃən/
noun
11 letters5 syllables13 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
The act of relieving ills and changing for the better.
2
A condition superior to an earlier condition.
3
The linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning.
WORD FORMS
Related formmeliorate
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®13 points
Words With Friends®16 points
Double word26 points
Triple word39 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latineliorationmay
Starts & ends withM … N
Syllablesme · li · o · ra · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED4
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