melioration noun. [,mi:lɪǝ'reɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[formed as MELIORATE: see -ATION.]
1. Amelioration, improvement; Linguistics development of a more favourable meaning or connotation (opp. pejoration). LME.

2. A change for the better; a thing or an action by which something is made better; an improvement. M17.
b. Scots Law. In pl. Improvements made on rented property, esp. by the tenant. Now rare. M18.

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