modification

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Synonyms: codification, mortification, edification, notification, mollification, goodification, logification, memification, sonification, ludification, mundification

Antonyms: codification, mortification, edification, notification, mollification, goodification, logification, memification, sonification, ludification, mundification

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete|Scots law}} The act of [[assess]]ing and [[prescribe|prescribing]] a [[payment]], [[penalty]], [[price]], [[valuation]], etc. {{defdate|15th–19th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|obsolete|philosophy}} The form of [[existence]] belonging to a particular object, entity etc.; a [[mode]] of being. {{defdate|17th–19th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The change undergone by a word when used in a [[construction]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
4. The result of [[modifying]] something; a new or changed form. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
5. The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an [[alteration]] or [[adjustment]]. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|biology}} A [[change]] to an [[organism]] as a [[result]] of its [[environment]] that is not [[transmissible]] to [[offspring]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A change to a [[word]] when it is [[borrowed]] by another [[language]].

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