improvement
nounThe act or process of improving.
nounThe state of being improved.
nounA change or addition that improves.
nounThe act of improving or making better, or the state of being made better; advancement or increase in any good quality; betterment.
nounProfitable use or employment; practical or advantageous application: as, the improvement of one’s time.
nounUse; practice; indulgence.
nounA betterment; that by which the value or excellence of a thing is enhanced; a beneficial or valuable change or addition.
nounThe act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration
nounThe act of making profitable use or applicaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.