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Noun: betterment  be-tu(r)-munt
  1. A change for the better; progress in development
    "The new training program led to a significant betterment in employee productivity";
    - improvement, advance
     
  2. The act of relieving ills and changing for the better
    "The new policies led to the betterment of working conditions";
    - amelioration, melioration
     
  3. An improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
    "The renovations were a significant betterment to the old building"

Derived forms: betterments

Type of: improvement, melioration, shift, transformation, transmutation

Encyclopedia: Betterment