adjustment

adjustment
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [The act of adjusting]
Syn. alteration, modification, fixing, mending, repairing, improvement, balancing, adaptation, acclimation, orientation, shaping, readjustment, tuning, fine-tuning, fitting, alignment, calibration, organization, standardization, conformance, alleviation, reguLating, regulation, arrangement, correcting, correction, tweak*; see also adaptation 1 , change 2 .
Ant. disturbance*, derangement, demolishing.
2. [The settlement of a claim]
Syn. settlement, arrangement, payment, pay, remuneration, reimbursement, stipulation, compensation, compromise, reconciliation, agreement, apportionment, allotment, share, benefit, stake, making up, mutual understanding.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. conformation fitting, alteration, change, accommodation, adaption, bending, retrofit, *doctoring, modification, calibration, tune up, sizing, rectification, squaring.
2. settlement claim, liability, compensation, reimbursement, remuneration.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act of making suitable to an end or the condition of being made suitable to an end: accommodation, adaptation, adaption, conformation. See CHANGE.

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