'Betterment' definitions:
Definition of 'betterment'
(from WordNet)
noun
A change for the better; progress in development [syn: improvement, betterment, advance]
noun
An improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
noun
The act of relieving ills and changing for the better [syn: amelioration, melioration, betterment]
Definition of 'Betterment'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'betterment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Great Leap Forward,
- 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