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   modification

   /ˌmɒdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of modifying something: "the parts supplied should fit with little or no modification" Similar softeningmoderationtemperingqualificationrestrictionlesseningreductiondecreasediminishingloweringabatementmitigation
   • ▪ a change made: "a number of modifications are being carried out to the engines" Similar alterationadjustmentchangeadaptationimprovementrefinementrevisionrecastingreshapingrefashioningrestylingrevampingreworkingremodellingremouldingreconstructionreorganizationvariationconversiontransformationtailoringcustomizationrevisionrefinementvariationimprovementamendmentadaptationadjustmentchangealteration

   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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