Betterment
Pronunciation : Bet"ter*ment
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu.
2. (Law)
Defn: An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [U. S.] Bouvier.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913