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amelioration

[uh-meel-yuh-rey-shuhn, uh-mee-lee-uh-] / əˌmil jəˈreɪ ʃən, əˈmi li ə- /


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Amelioration was a way to at least partially make up for it.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2025

Amelioration was indeed to be effected by slow and cautious reforms, with the aid of the Church, but the intellectual aberrations of his youth had left an abiding impression.

From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)

The Commission received the name "Commission for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Jews."

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.

Amelioration of Manners.—And yet Buddhism remains a religion of peace and charity.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles

Amelioration of outward circumstances will be the effect, but can never be the means of mental and moral improvement.

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian




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