Bettering
Bettering adjective - Changing for the better.
Good and bettering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Good" instead an adjective "Bettering".
Nearby Words: bettered, betterment
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- Good Feels Good: Anko starts bettering herself (see Nailed To The Wagon) after she realizes that it feels good to be responsible and have people look up to you.
Source: Fan Fic / A Teacher's Glory - In brief, Eliot didn't think much of novels written by women in which the protagonist, generally both a Mary Sue and The Pollyanna , would go around bettering the lives of the wretched, showing how smart she was and then making a good marriage.
Source: Literature / Middlemarch
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