melioration
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But professional reformation or melioration is usually an organic, incremental process.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 22, 2011
And every where her influence is felt, in the melioration of the public mind, as in the limited circle at the home fire-side.
From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various
But a memorable melioration of the state of man will carry some degree of conviction to the hearts of all.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by William Godwin
As the two great causes of the melioration in the lot of the slaves since the establishment of our Independence, I should set down: 1.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various
By parliamentary enactments, by colonial arrangements, by appeals to the judgment and feelings of planters, and by various other means, a certain degree of melioration may be secured.
From Thoughts on African Colonization by William Lloyd Garrison
