Bible Dictionaries
Betterment

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Betterment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/betterment.html. 1828.