Antonyms for deteriorationde·te·ri·o·ra·tion

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1. deterioration

   Alloy may be either some admixture of baser with precious metal, as for giving hardness to coin or the like, or it may be a compound or mixture of two or more metals. Adulteration, debasement, and deterioration are always used in the bad sense; admixture is neutral, and may be good or bad; alloy is commonly good in the literal sense. An excess of alloy virtually amounts to adulteration; but adulteration is now mostly restricted to articles used for food, drink, medicine, and kindred uses. In the figurative sense, as applied to character, etc., alloy is unfavorable, because there the only standard is perfection.

   Synonyms:
   admixture, adulteration, alloy, debasement

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1. deterioration, impairmentnoun

   a symptom of reduced quality or strength

   Synonyms:
   constipation, stultification, worsening, harm, disablement, disability, declension, handicap, impairment, deadening, damage, decline in quality

2. deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worseningnoun

   process of changing to an inferior state

   Synonyms:
   fall, downslope, declivity, declination, worsening, decline in quality, declension, impairment, descent, decline

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1. deteriorationnoun

   Synonyms:
   decline, degeneration, retrogression, vitiation, corruption, debasement

How to use deterioration in a sentence?

1. Mount Sinai:

   The finding may be due to the fact that the cognitive tests used are less sensitive to early decline in women and may miss the earliest stages of deterioration.

2. Abradee President Nelson Fonseca Leite:

   There was a very accentuated deterioration in the recession... we are seeing a drop in demand that is greater than seen in December.

3. Blerina Uruci:

   The December report suggests a further deterioration in home sales.

4. Hungry Dino owner Tracy Tang:

   If we say that the economic deterioration is all related to the protests, it is extremely unfair, we should shift the question to why youngsters sacrifice themselves.

5. Ertugrul Apakan:

   We have been registering with great concern the deterioration of the situation in the east for months now, it is regrettable that the sides did not heed our many calls for restraint.

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