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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tikn",
"sense": "improvement",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תּיקון"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "process in which a term gains a more positive connotation over time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melioracija"
}
],
"word": "amelioration"
}
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