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
I consider the absolute and unconditional interdiction of this article among these people as the first and great step in their melioration.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) by James D. (James Daniel) Richardson
They shared in the general melioration of the age.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various
In these small communities, which are never agitated by the desire of aggrandizement or the cares of self-defence, all public authority and private energy is employed in internal melioration.
From American Institutions and Their Influence by Alexis de Tocqueville
