melioration

Example Sentences

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

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 22, 2011

Other things, equally if not more contributive to human melioration, are less distinctly in expectation.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 by Chambers, William

The present constitution of the Union was formed at a later period than those of the majority of the states, and it may have derived some melioration from past experience.

From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de

Incapacity of melioration is the only mortal distemper.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

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