improvement

[Example Sentences]:
1. That would mark a slight improvement from last year but slower growth than 2014.
2. Rates will see a gradual improvement this year and accelerate toward 2015.
3. Oracle shares have gained 11.5% in the past year, compared with a 19% improvement for the S P 500.
4. He added that there had been a tremendous improvement in his health.
5. She is working part time at a home improvement store, he said.
6. In it the company highlighted solid improvement for Android security last year.
7. Modi is an improvement over what we had, but he is still hesitant.
8. The improvement in earnings growth has been delayed from the third quarter to the fourth quarter.
9. That would be an improvement over many current smartwatches, which often need to be charged nightly.
10. So once activity levels pick up we should see an improvement in revenues.
11. It was the first such improvement in six quarters.
12. As expected, the newer hardware is an improvement over its predecessor.
13. The global economy should see an improvement, not a huge acceleration.

[Antonyms]degeneracy, retrogradation, degeneration

[Synonyms]amending, bettering, amelioration