Found 2 items, similar to Alteration.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: alteration alteration n 1: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; “the change was intended to increase sales”; “this storm is certainly a change for the worse”; “the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago” [syn: change, modification] 2: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) [syn: modification, adjustment] 3: the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); “it would require a drastic revision of his opinion” [syn: revision]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Alteration Alteration \Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt['e]ration.] 1. The act of altering or making different. [1913 Webster] Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. [1913 Webster] Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. --Swift. [1913 Webster]