Associations to the word «Ameliorative»

Wiktionary

AMELIORATIVE, adjective. Able to repair or ameliorate.
AMELIORATIVE WASTE, noun. (legal) An improvement to an estate that changes its character such that a holder of a future interest in the estate can recover damages against the owner who permitted the improvement to be be made, even if the change actually increases the value of the estate.

Dictionary definition

AMELIORATIVE, adjective. Tending to ameliorate.

Wise words

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