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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Betterment \Bet"ter*ment\, n.
     1. A making better; amendment; improvement. --W. Montagu.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better
        than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the


        plural. [U. S.] --Bouvier.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

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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