Meaning of BETTERMENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'beturmunt
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- [n] the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
- [n] a change for the better; progress in development
- [n] an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
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| | Synonyms: | | advance, amelioration, improvement, melioration |
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| | See Also: | | accommodation, adjustment, conservation, elaboration, fitting, improvement, improvement, melioration, preservation, recovery, refinement, resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification, shift, transformation, transmutation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, realignment, recovery, re-creation, 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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