amélioration

Definitions of amélioration
  1. noun
    the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
  2. noun
    an upward movement or trend as in business activity
    synonyms: avance, progression
  3. noun
    gradual improvement or growth or development
    synonyms: développement, progrès
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    avancement, promotion
    the advancement of some enterprise
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    développement
    act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
  4. noun
    a change for the better; progress in development
    synonyms: avance
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    nouvel essor, renaissance, renouveau, renouvellement
    bringing again into activity and prominence
    accommodation, adaptation
    making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
    conservation, préservation
    an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
    rétablissement
    return to an original state
    accoutumance
    a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
    renaissance
    the revival of learning and culture
    nouvel essor, renaissance, renouveau
    the activity of spiritual or physical renewal
    résurrection
    a revival from inactivity and disuse
    réanimation
    the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness
    type of:
    changement, transition
    a qualitative change
  5. noun
    a steady advance
    synonyms: marche, progrès
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    avance, avancement, progression, progrès
    the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
  6. noun
    a condition superior to an earlier condition
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    recul, régression
    a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
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    développement
    a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
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    condition, statut, état
    a state at a particular time
  7. noun
    the act of improving something
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    développement
    act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
    lavage, nettoyage
    the act of making something clean
    correction, rectification
    the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
    perfectionnement
    the act of making something perfect
    humanisation
    the act of making more human
    modernisation
    making modern in appearance or behavior
    réhabilitation, rénovation
    the act of improving by renewing and restoring
    avance, progression
    an upward movement or trend as in business activity
    aérage, aération, ventilation
    the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
    compensation, dédommagement, indemnisation, réparation
    the act of putting something in working order again
    développement, progrès
    gradual improvement or growth or development
    élargissement
    the action of making broader
    élaboration
    developing in intricate and painstaking detail
    assainissement, nettoyage, élimination, épuration
    an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
    purification, épuration
    the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities
    recours, redressement de tort, réparation
    act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
    compensation, dédommagement, indemnisation
    the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
    conservation, entretien
    activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
    nouvel essor, renaissance, renouveau, renouvellement, réhabilitation, réinsertion sociale, rééducation
    the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state
    reconstruction
    the activity of constructing something again
    restitution, réparation
    the act of restoring something to its original state
    amendement
    the act of amending or correcting
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    changement d'état
    the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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