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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Betterment \Bet"ter*ment\, noun
1. A making better; amendment; improvement. --W. Montagu.
2. (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] --Bouvier.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
betterment
noun
1: a change for the better; progress in development [syn: {improvement}, {advance}]
2: an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
3: the act of relieving ills and changing for the better [syn: {amelioration}, {melioration}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "betterment": Great Leap Forward, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amelioration, amendment, apostasy, ascent, bettering, boost, break, change, change of heart, changeableness, constructive change, continuity, conversion, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, deterioration, deviation, difference, discontinuity, divergence, diversification, diversion, diversity, enhancement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, fitting, flip-flop, furtherance, gradual change, headway, improvement, lift, melioration, mend, mending, mitigation, modification, modulation, overthrow, pickup, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, qualification, radical change, re-creation, realignment, recovery, redesign, reform, reformation, remaking, renewal, reshaping, restoration, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, rise, shift, sudden change, switch, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, upbeat, upheaval, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, variation, variety, violent change, worsening
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