modification

Noun

• an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  • the change was intended to increase sales
    
  • this storm is certainly a change for the worse
    
  • the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago
    

• the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

• slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
  • a modification of last year's model
    

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  change , alteration , qualifying , limiting , adjustment