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Association :: Association (n.) Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches..

Improvement :: Improvement (n.) The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land, roads, etc..

Passport :: Passport (n.) Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.

Selfishness :: Selfishness (n.) The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others..

Place :: Place (n.) Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling..

Carpetbagger :: Carpetbagger (n.) An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865).

Forwardness :: Forwardness (n.) An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness..

Boost :: Boost (v. i.) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement..

Good :: Good (n.) Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc..

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning..

Root :: Root (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely..

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

Slavocracy :: Slavocracy (n.) The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery..

Stepsister :: Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.

Furtherance :: Furtherance (n.) The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.

Cultivation :: Cultivation (n.) The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture..

Politician :: Politician (n.) One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician..

Future :: Future (a.) The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him..

Stage :: Stage (n.) A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result..

Advancement :: Advancement (v. t.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure..

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