Betterment: alternatives and connections

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.

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The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

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The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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of Fit

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The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety; as, pr…

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The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

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The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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The act of rising again; resurrection.

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The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.

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Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.

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The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.

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To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition.

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The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals.

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To disprove or make void; to refute.

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To disprove or make void; to refute.

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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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The act of ameliorating, or the state of being ameliorated; making or becoming better; improvement; melioration.

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The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

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The act or operation of meliorating, or the state of being meliorated; improvement.

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