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Thesaurus: betterment

A making better; amendment; improvement.

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  1. n. A making better; amendment; improvement.
  2. n. An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural.
  3. n. a change for the better; progress in development
  4. n. an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
  5. n. the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
  6. 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.
  7. An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mererepairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] Bouvier.
  8. n:100 n. an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility