1. (noun) the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

• aeration
• arousal
• rousing
• beautification
• beginning
• commencement
• start
• change of color
• chew
• chewing
• manduction
• mastication
• conclusion
• ending
• termination
• cookery
• cooking
• preparation
• debasement
• degradation
• decoration
• defoliation
• dirtying
• soiling
• soilure
• improvement
• infusion
• meddling
• tampering
• nullification
• override
• passage
• transition
• reversal
• seasoning
• specialisation
• specialization
• spiritualisation
• spiritualization
• transfer
• transference
• wetting
• worsening

1. (noun) the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

• change