Hypertext Webster Gateway: "betterment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Betterment \Bet"ter*ment\, n.
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) 1.7 (wn)
betterment
n 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}]
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