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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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