alteration
noun
[ ɔːltəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of altering or being altered.
• "careful alteration of old buildings"
Similar:
change,
adjustment,
adaptation,
modification,
variation,
conversion,
revision,
amendment,
remodelling,
reshaping,
remoulding,
redoing,
reconstruction,
rebuilding,
recasting,
reorganization,
rearrangement,
reordering,
reshuffling,
restyling,
rejigging,
reworking,
renewal,
renewing,
revamping,
renovation,
remaking,
metamorphosis,
transformation,
transfiguration,
translation,
evolution,
mutation,
sea change,
transmogrification,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin alteratio(n- ), from the verb alterare (see alter).
