The process of making something better or more good; improvement or beneficial treatment.
From Latin bonificatio, from bonificare (to make good), derived from bonus (good) and facere (to make). This scholarly term entered English through learned and legal contexts.
This formal word shows how Latin-derived vocabulary gives English the ability to express abstract processes—'bonification' sounds technical and serious in ways 'making better' doesn't, which is exactly what specialists need.
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