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   Mod·i·fi·ca·tion

   /ˌmädəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of modifying something: "the parts supplied should fit with little or no modification" Similar softeningmoderationtemperingqualificationrestrictionlesseningreductiondecreasediminishingloweringabatementmitigation
   • ▪ a change made: "there will be a number of modifications to the engines" Similar alterationadjustmentchangeadaptationimprovementrefinementrevisionrecastingreshapingrefashioningrestylingrevampingreworkingremodelingremoldingreconstructionreorganizationvariationconversiontransformationtailoringcustomizationrevisionrefinementvariationimprovementamendmentadaptationadjustmentchangealteration

   Word Origin late 15th century (in Scots law, denoting the assessment of a payment): from French, or from Latin modificatio(n-), from modificare (see modify).

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