Antonyms for deterioration

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-teer-ee-uh-rey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌtɪər i əˈreɪ ʃən

Definition of deterioration

Origin : 1650s, possibly a native formation, or else from French détérioration (15c.), noun of action from détériorer, from Late Latin deteriorare (see deteriorate).

noun decay, degeneration

Example sentences :

The strong, pure heart had undergone a change, but not a deterioration.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various

There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Not that she was in the least aware of the deterioration of her character.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

And why is it the monks, above all, who contribute to the deterioration of faith? '
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

Certainly hundreds of prints can be made without any deterioration.
Extract from : « Wood-Block Printing » by F. Morley Fletcher

Let it be ever remembered that this is the ideal, from which any departure is deterioration.
Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys

It is a genuine instance of deterioration in ethnic religion.
Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz

In the preliminary operations this deterioration was not apparent.
Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane

I have called the process "deterioration," but that, of course, is matter of opinion.
Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

The reason for this deterioration is not difficult to comprehend.
Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke

Synonyms for deterioration

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