melioration

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But professional reformation or melioration is usually an organic, incremental process.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 22, 2011

In my observations upon slavery as it has existed in this country, and as it now exists, I have expressed no opinion of the mode of its extinguishment or melioration.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

To provide the additional acreage needed for crop expansion, large-scale programs of land reclamation and melioration have been executed.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane

But the seeds from a young tree, having itself the tendency to melioration, are more likely to produce improved sorts.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

Do not let the dying die: hold them back to this world, until you have charged their ear and heart with this message to other spiritual societies, announcing the melioration of our planet.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various