An improvement.
The act of making better.
The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
A husk.
A roundel azure (blue circular spot).
A band on a trip hammer's helve, bearing the trunnions.
An emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
Wounded, physically injured.
Pained.
To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
To be painful.
To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.