edification
noun
[ ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone.
• "a video was filmed for the edification of clients"
Similar:
education,
instruction,
tuition,
teaching,
schooling,
pedagogy,
andragogy,
tutoring,
coaching,
training,
tutelage,
guidance,
enlightenment,
cultivation,
development,
information,
inculcation,
indoctrination,
improvement,
bettering,
uplifting,
elevation,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin aedificatio(n- ), from aedificare ‘build’ (see edify).
