modulation (n.)

• abatement
• about-face
• accommodation
• adaptation
• adjustment
• alleviation
• alteration
• amelioration
• apostasy
• arrangement
• assuagement
• betterment
• break
• calming
• change
• changeableness
• continuity
• conversion
• deadening
• defection
• degeneration
• deterioration
• deviation
• difference
• diminution
• discontinuity
• divergence
• diversification
• diversion
• diversity
• easing
• fitting
• flip-flop
• harmonization
• hushing
• improvement
• inflection
• instrumentation
• intonation
• leniency
• lessening
• letdown
• letup
• lightening
• loosening
• melioration
• mitigation
• modification
• mollification
• orchestration
• overthrow
• pacification
• palliation
• phrasing
• pitch
• preparation
• qualification
• re-creation
• reduction
• reform
• reformation
• relaxation
• remaking
• remission
• renewal
• resolution
• reversal
• revival
• revivification
• revolution
• setting
• shift
• slackening
• softening
• solution
• suspension
• switch
• tempering
• tone
• transcription
• transition
• turn
• turnabout
• upheaval
• variation
• variety
• worsening