alteration

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[edit] Etymology

compare with French altération.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
alteration

Plural
alterations

alteration (plural alterations)

  1. The act of altering or making different.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity,
      alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
  2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

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