ameliorate (verb)

  • 71relieve — re·lieve vt re·lieved, re·liev·ing: to set free from a duty, burden, or liability cannot be relieved of his negligence the trust cannot relieve the trustees of those very basic duties that the law imposes Hosey v. Burgess, 890 S.W.2d 262 (1995)… …

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  • 72renew — re·new /ri nü, nyü/ vt 1: to make like new: restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection; specif: to prevent the lapse of (a judgment) due to expiration of a statute of limitations 2: to do or state again renew ed his objection to the evidence 3:… …

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  • 73repair — I noun adjustment, alteration, amelioration, betterment, correction, cure, fixing, improvement, melioration, mending, overhaul, patching, reanimation, reassembling, reconditioning, reconstruction, recovery, rectification, redintegration,… …

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  • 74restore — I (renew) verb ameliorate, amend, correct, cure, doctor up, energize, fix, heal, improve, make better, make whole, meliorate, mend, patch, patch up, put in order, put in repair, put right, reanimate, rearrange, rebuild, recondition, reconstitute …

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  • 75treat — I noun amusement, delight, diversion, festival, pleasure, refreshment, repast, revelry II (process) verb act on, analyze, attend, bargain with, behave towards, comment upon, confer, correct, deal with, debate, deliberate, discuss, edit, entertain …

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  • 76situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national …

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  • 77repair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. betake oneself, go; mend, renovate, restore; amend, remedy. See travel. n. restoration, renovation, mending, redress. See atonement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reconstruction, adjustment, improvement,… …

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  • 78mel´io|ra´tor — mel|io|rate «MEEL yuh rayt, MEE lee uh », transitive verb, intransitive verb, raed, rat|ing. to make or become better or more bearable; improve; ameliorate. ╂[< Late Latin meliōrāre (with English ate1) < Latin melior better, comparative of… …

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  • 79mel´io|ra´tion — mel|io|rate «MEEL yuh rayt, MEE lee uh », transitive verb, intransitive verb, raed, rat|ing. to make or become better or more bearable; improve; ameliorate. ╂[< Late Latin meliōrāre (with English ate1) < Latin melior better, comparative of… …

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  • 80mel|io|rate — «MEEL yuh rayt, MEE lee uh », transitive verb, intransitive verb, raed, rat|ing. to make or become better or more bearable; improve; ameliorate. ╂[< Late Latin meliōrāre (with English ate1) < Latin melior better, comparative of bonus good] …

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