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Definition of augmentation : 1. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
2. In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
3. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
4. The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
5. The state of being augmented; enlargement.
6. The thing added by way of enlargement.

Synonyms:

buildup, aggrandizement, raise, proliferation, augment, gain, swell, jump, upsurge, upswing, upturn, accession, boost, hike, escalation, accretion, rise

amalgamation, adjunct, annex, appendix, swelling, addendum

growth, extension, inflation, magnification, multiplication, elevation

fattening, lengthening, amplification, burgeoning, distension, broadening, engorgement, dilation, crescendo, stretching, development, thickening, widening, spreading

addition, enlargement, accrual, increment, attainment, acquisition, accumulation, increase, aggregation, expansion

Usage examples:

• We are in hopes, that this augmentation is not to respect us; because it is proposed as a measure of reciprocity, whereas, in some of our States, no such duties exist, and in others they are extremely light; because we have been made to hope a diminution, instead of augmentation; and because this distinction cannot draw on France any just claims from other nations; the jura gentis amicissima, conferred by her late treaties, having reference expressly to the nations of Europe only; and those conferred by the more ancient ones not being susceptible of any other interpretation, nor admitting a pretension of reference to a nation which did not then exist, and which has come into existence under circumstances distinguishing its commerce from that of all other nations. - "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson.
• This new and important augmentation of territory could not fail to give uneasiness to Russia. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
• Is the augmentation of executive power a democratic principle? - "Select Speeches of Daniel Webster", Daniel Webster.